plate tectonics
Introduction
plate tectonics, theory that unifies many of the features and characteristics of continental drift and seafloor spreading into a coherent model and has revolutionized geologists' understanding of continents, ocean basins, mountains, and earth history.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Plate Boundary Conditions
- Development of Plate Tectonics Theory
- Bibliography
- Movement of the Continents
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