欧洲地质板块正在移动而英国的切身利益也受到波及。
Europe's tectonic plates are moving, and Britain's vital interests are in play.
在加拉帕戈斯裂谷，两地质板块下面的火山活动使地壳更新。
At the Galapagos Rift, volcanic activity beneath two geologic plates renews the earth's crust.
在加拉帕戈斯裂谷，两地质板块下面的火山活动使地壳更新。
Rift, volcanic activity beneath two geologic plates renews the earth's crust.
日本位于几个地质板块的交界处，经常受到不同等级的地震的侵袭，偶然也会有火山爆发。
Japan, which lies at the intersection of several tectonic plates, is regularly rattled by tremors of varying strength, with volcanic eruptions not infrequent.
“我认识到现在谈论的很多文明正好位于主要地质板块的边界附近。”现在图森亚利桑那大学的佛思说。
"I realized that a lot of the civilizations we were talking about sat right along major tectonic plate boundaries," says Force, who is now affiliated with the University of Arizona, Tucson.
沙莰基隆起形成于三个地质板块的的交叉点上，通常被科学家称为三向连接的地质构造。那里的地壳很薄，带有靠近海面的岩浆。
Shatsky Rise formed at the intersection of three tectonic plates, known as a triple junction, where the crust is thin, with magma coming from near the surface.
在地球上，移动的构造板块是一个主要的地质元素，对整个地表的动态变化至关重要，对吗？
Here on Earth, moving tectonic plates are a major geological element, just crucial for the whole surface dynamic, right?
地质证据显示，非洲南部的板块在过去的1亿年里一直在缓慢地上升，然而它在近4亿年里没有经历过一次构造碰撞。
Geologic evidence shows that southern African has been slowly rising for the past 100 million years, yet it has not experienced a tectonic collision for nearly 400 million years.
一般来说，板块的内部在地质上是平静的。
Generally speaking, the interiors of plates are geologically uneventful.
因此，地质学家们想知道，断层内部的加压水袋是否会使板块之间的摩擦力减小，从而使板块彼此远离。
Geologists therefore wondered whether the friction between the plates was being reduced by pockets of pressurized water within the fault that push the plates away from each other.
1965年以前，地质学家认为，两个巨大的岩石板块在圣安德烈亚斯断层上相遇，通过摩擦产生热量。
Prior to 1965 geologists assumed that the two giant rock plates meeting at the San Andreas Fault generate heat through friction as they grind past each otherd.
海洋火山岛和它们的热点轨迹对于地质学家尤其有用，因为它们记录了过去的板块在固定地点之上的位置。
The oceanic volcanic islands and their hot-spot trails are thus especially useful for geologists because they record the past locations of the plate over a fixed source.
因此，近年来，一些地质学家会利用板块构造理论来进行他们所谓的地质预测。
So, in recent years, some geologists have used plate tectonic theory to make what they call geopredictions.
该区域安第斯山脉的地质结构是纳斯卡板块向东俯冲，下穿垫在南美版块之下。
The geology of this part of the Andes is a result of the eastward subduction of the Nazca tectonic plate underneath South America.
根据美国地质勘探局(usgs)的数据，相对于北美版块，此次地震发生地的太平洋板块向西北移动，大约每年向北(atthe latitude)移动45毫米。
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Pacific plate moves northwest with respect to the north America plate at about 45 millimeters per year at the latitude where the quake occurred.
根据一项新研究，沿地壳构造板块边缘的地震带远比缺乏活动的地带更可能产生伟大的远古文明，研究者称这种联系说明通常被视为破坏性的地质能量，比如地震，在人类历史中或许也起过建设性作用。
Researchers say the relationship suggests that forces typically viewed as destructive--such as earthquakes--might have also played a constructive role in human history.
所谓的“火焰圈”是一个大型地质断层，形成于太平洋板块和其他版块交界处，由于地质活动频繁，常导致地震和火山。
The Ring of Fire is a chain of large faults associated with the Pacific plate’s interaction with surrounding plates, which can produce earthquakes and volcanoes.
两种板块边界均与地层系统、地震以及火山活动有关，但在两种边界处观察到的诸般地质活动却迥然不同。
Both kinds of plate boundary are associated with fault systems, earthquakes and volcanism, but the kinds of geologic activity observed at the two boundaries are quite different.
图片右边表明这里的水比较浅，且位于一个单独的板块上。这里的水非常平静，地质活动也不活跃。
The body of water shown on the right of the image is shallow and situated on a single plate, and it is known for its tranquil calm waters and geologic inactivity.
在板块的边缘发现世界上多数的火山，那儿的地质活动很剧烈。
Many of the world's volcanoes are found at the edges of plates, where geologic activity is intense.
从地球内部的搅动着的岩浆、经常发生暴风雨的大气层到正在移动着的地质构造板块，地球可以说是一个危象丛生的险境。
From its churning, sometimes stormy atmosphere to its shifting tectonic plates, Earth can be a dangerous place.
海底峡谷，是由于地壳板块运动而形成的一种地质构造。
Submarine canyon is a geological structure that formed by plate movement in the crust.
板块运动理论的一个关键点就是在地质历史的尺度内，海洋盆地的开合是因为板块转换，具有转换特征。
A key aspect of plate tectonic theory is that on geologic time scales ocean basins are transient features, opening and closing as plates shift.
提出“滇西北自然—文化板块”是经过长期的地质历史和人类历史交互作用形成的“自然文化耦合体”。
The Northwest Yunnan plate is the coupled body of nature and culture which has been forming through a long geological history and human development history .
西伯利亚板块是世界上古老的地质构造单元之一。
The Siberia plate is one of the old geological structure units in the world.
西伯利亚板块是世界上古老的地质构造单元之一。
The Siberia plate is one of the old geological structure units in the world.
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