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Exploiting a Land of Plenty

Natural Resources of Burma. © 2013 V.W. Mason, M.B. Hunsiker, And M. Smith, National Geographic Magazine.
Natural Resources of Burma. © 2013 V.W. Mason, M.B. Hunsiker, And M. Smith, National Geographic Magazine.

This map of Burma features the location of important resources which are sold to foreign countries to generate income, as well as areas where the population has been displaced to make room for these projects – and reduce resistance to them, as well.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/burma/burma-map

Satellite Image of Mainland Southeast Asia

Satellite Image of Mainland Southeast Asia. © Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
Satellite Image of Mainland Southeast Asia. © Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

Image of Southeast Asia taken in 2001 by NASA’s Terra spacecraft shows the jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and the Mekong River.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2005

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire – © U.S. Geological Survey.
Ring of Fire. © U.S. Geological Survey.

Volcanic arcs and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific Basin form the so-called Ring of Fire, a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The trenches are shown in blue-green. The volcanic island arcs, although not labelled, are parallel to, and always landward of, the trenches. For example, the island arc associated with the Aleutian Trench is represented by the long chain of volcanoes that make up the Aleutian Islands.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/fire.html

Ring of Fire - Active Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics

Active Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics and the “Ring of Fire” Map. © 1997 Topinka, USGS/CVO, Modified from: Tilling, Heliker, and Wright, 1987, and Hamilton, 1976.
Active Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics and the “Ring of Fire” Map. © 1997 Topinka, USGS/CVO, Modified from: Tilling, Heliker, and Wright, 1987, and Hamilton, 1976.

This map is produced by the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory. 

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/Maps/

map_plate_tectonics_world.html

Seismicity of the Earth 1900 – 2010

Seismicity of the Earth 1900 – 2010 Australia Plate and Vicinity. © 2011 U.S. Geological Survey Open Report.
Seismicity of the Earth 1900 – 2010 Australia Plate and Vicinity. © 2011 U.S. Geological Survey Open Report.

This USGS publication focuses upon the Australia plate and vicinity. It includes a large portion of Indonesia.  The map shows great detail of the different types of plate boundaries found in this region, as well as seismic events for a 110 year time period.  A PDF of the map can be downloaded from the site.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1083/g/

Understanding Plate Motions

Types of Plate Boundaries. © 1999 U.S. Geological Survey, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
Plate Boundaries. © 1999 U.S. Geological Survey, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

Artist's cross section illustrating the main types of plate boundaries (see text); East African Rift Zone is a good example of a continental rift zone. (Cross section by José F. Vigil from This Dynamic Planet -- a wall map produced jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/Vigil.html

Dynamic Earth Interactive: Plates and Boundaries

Dynamic Earth Interactive: Plates and Boundaries. © 2013 Annenberg Foundation. Based on illustrations created at the University of Sydney and by NASA.
Dynamic Earth Interactive: Plates and Boundaries. © 2013 Annenberg Foundation. Based on illustrations created at the University of Sydney and by NASA.

An interactive annotated plate boundary map, that includes types of boundaries along each plate as well as a simplistic representation of plate movements.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate.html

Dynamic Earth Interactive: Slip, Slide & Collide

Dynamic Earth Interactive: Slip, Slide & Collide. © 2013 Annenberg Foundation. Adapted from drawings by J. Russell from J. Kious and R. Tilling, This Dynamic Earth, USGS, pp. 37 and 40.
Dynamic Earth Interactive: Slip, Slide & Collide. © 2013 Annenberg Foundation. Adapted from drawings by J. Russell from J. Kious and R. Tilling, This Dynamic Earth, USGS, pp. 37 and 40.

An animated illustration of plate boundaries.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/slip2.html

Myanmar’s River of Spirits

Myanmar’s River of Spirits. © 2013 Steve Winter, National Geographic Magazine.
Myanmar’s River of Spirits. © 2013 Steve Winter, National Geographic Magazine.

This collection of materials focuses upon the Irrawaddy River in Burma/Myanmar.  It contains an article printed in the magazine in May 2006, a photo gallery of images from the article, a short video of a spirit festival and a list of resources for more information on the river and Burma.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/05/irrawaddy-river/salak-text

 

 

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: Asia Maps

An extensive collection of maps from the University of Texas at Austin that includes historical, thematic, topographic, and general reference maps from all over Asia. 

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html