The Aleutean Islands form an arc as the Pacific Plate drifts underneath the North American Plate. It is tempting to study a bit closer, because it seems like a semi-circle with a string from east to west. Let us follow the islands, connecting them with a line, and see what we get:
The area of Kamchatka is geologically extremely important, becauase in those areas the North American Tectonic Plate meets the Eaurasian Plate. A main division line of the model used here does cross the peninsulas there.
I am a geologist, graduated from the University of Iceland, and taught geology for a few years. I have gained some knowledge about Earth's inner structure, so I provide this website as my contribution to answer one of the greatest questions remaining within the realm of geoscience. Experiments show that the mantle should form convection rolls when close to the melting point. I took this literally, and calculated the dimensions and shape of these mantle convection rolls. Then I compare that model with the surface. This makes it possible to provide many interesting examples about geology found on my blog.
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