| Group, Location Geologic structure, Tectonic setting |
Tectonically significant igneous rock type |
Latitudinally signficant geographic clue | Climatically signficant floral and faunal clue | Ecologically significant human artifact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Group 0 Example Volcanic arc Subduction zone |
Andesite |
1. Satellite image 1 Object Source |
1. Potatoes Object About 2. Quinoa Object About |
1. Machu Picchu Object About 2. Ice Maiden Object About 3. Stardust crash Object About |
|
Group 1 Andes Volcanic arc Subduction zone |
Andesite |
1. Satellite image 1 Object Source |
1. Potatoes Object About 2. Quinoa Object About |
1. Machu Picchu Object About 2. Ice Maiden Object About 3. Stardust crash Object About |
| Group 2 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Mid-ocean ridge Sea-floor spreading zone |
Basalt |
1. Satellite image 1 Object Source |
1. Rattail fish Object About 2. Vent worms Object About 2. Whale carcass Object About |
1. Container at sea Object About 1. Drill bit Object About 1. Ship Object About |
| Group 3 Sunda trench Subduction zone |
Andesite |
1. Satellite image 1 Object Source |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Black pepper Object Source |
1. Dutch East India Company Object Source 1. Krakatoar Object Source |
| Group 4 Hawaii Hotspot |
Basalt |
1. Topographic map- Hawaii seamount Object Source 1. Bathymetric map- Loihi seamount Object Source |
1. Bathymetric map- Loihi seamount Object Source |
1. Satellite image 1 Object Source |
| Group 5 Iceland Sea-floor spreading zone |
Basalt |
1. Map- Plate motion Object Source 1. Bathymetric map- Thingvellir graben Object Source 1. Stamp- Surtsey Object Source |
1. Food - Hakarl Object Source 1. Bark, cone- Birch Object Source |
1. Photo - Viking ship Object Source 1. Photo - Blue Lagoon - hot spring Object Source |
| Group 6 San Andreas Fault Transform fault |
Diorite |
1. Orchards Object Source 1. Bark, cone- Birch Object Source |
1. Food - Chia Object Source 1. Bark, cone- Sumac Object Source |
1. Food - Chia Object Source 1. Leaf, flower - Sumac Object Source |
| Group 7 Galapagos Sea-floor spreading zone |
Basalt |
1. Food - Chia Object Source 1. Leaf, flower - Sumac Object Source |
1. Food - Chia Object Source 1. Leaf, flower - Sumac Object Source |
1. Food - Chia Object Source 1. Leaf, flower - Sumac Object Source |
| Group 8 Cascadia Subduction zone |
Andesite |
1. Food - Chia Object Source 1. Leaf, flower - Sumac Object Source |
1. Western Red Cedar Object Source 1. Whale - Sumac Object Source |
1. Food - Salmon Object Source 1. Leaf, flower - Sumac Object Source |
| Group 9 Himalayas Continental convergece zone |
Granite |
1. Glaciers Bhutan Object Source 1. Whale - Sumac Object Source |
1. Migratory path Bar-headed goose Object Source 1. Snow leopard - Sumac Object Source 1. Dwarf rhododendron - Sumac Object Source |
1. Tibetan sand mandala Object Source 1. Whale - Death zone trash Object Source |
| Group 10 East African Rift Rift valley |
Basalt |
1. Kilimanjaro Object Source 1. Whale - Death zone trash Object Source |
1. Lake Victoria Cichlids Object Source 1. Sycamore fig - Death zone trash Object Source |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
| Group 11 Yellowstone Hotspot |
Peridotite |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 12 Japan Subduction zone |
Andesite |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
Group 13 Monterserrat Subduction zone |
Andesite |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 14 Arkansas Mid-plate hotspot |
Periodotite |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 15 Gulf of California Seafloor spreading zone |
Basalt |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 16 Clipperton Fracture Zone Abyssal Fracture zone |
Basalt |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 17 Juan de Fuca Ridge Seafloor spreading zone |
Basalt |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 18 Vesuvius Convergence |
Tuff |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 19 Arenal Subduction zone |
Andesite |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |
| Group 20 Sierra Nevada Convergence zone |
Rhyolite |
1. Coffee Object Source 1. Whale - Lucy Object Source |
1. Archeans Object Source 1. Whale - Wolf Object Source |
1. Lewis's journal Object Source 1. Whale - Obsidian arrowhead Object Source |