The plates. 2-The mantle which is the middle

The plates. 2-The mantle which is the middle

The secrets of the Circle of Fire lies somewhere deep into the Earthsformation about 4.

5 – 5 billion years ago. The Circle of Fire is a ring of volcanic mountains that Borders thecoasts of North and South America, along with Asia and Thialand. It alsoforms a semi-cirlce from the southern tip of South America to Australia. The Earth is about 4.5 – 5 billion Years old.

Whereas man’s recordedhistory is only about 5000 years old.(Circle of fire page 3) The Earth ismade up of 3 different layers 1- The Crust, the Crust is the very top layerof the earth that we live on, it consits of 7 different crustal plates. 2-The mantle which is the middle layer, This is made of a liquid plastic typeof material called magma, This material is constantly flowing which causesthe crustal plates to shift.

3- The Inner Core, this is the very center ofthe Earth, Scientists aren’t positive but they believe that it is solidlava. About 80% of the worlds Earthquakes occur in the Circle of Fire. (TheCircle of Fire p.

13) They happen in a narrow belt of faults that runparallel with the equator from North and South America to Asia. In 1950 an Expidition from Scripps Institute of Oceanography whileexploring the sea floor off the coast of California discoverd fractureZones.(Circle of Fire p 17) These fracture zones run parallel with theequator from North and South America to Asia down to Thailand as well.

Often these fracture zones are not deep but they run ten to twenty mileswide. And amazingly the run in an almost equal distance of about 400 – 500miles long. The Circle of Fire is a mysterious place. Though no one knows how itwas formed , scientists believe they are close, They also believe that oncethey uncover its secrets, they will be able to answer many of the unsolvedquestions of the Earths Formation.