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plate tectonics

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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. Development of Plate Tectonics Theory The beginnings of the theory of plate tectonics date to around 1920, when Alfred Wegener , the German meteorologist and geophysicist, presented the first detailed accounts of how today's continents were once a large supercontinent that slowly drifted to their present positions. Others brought... Read more
plate tectonics
A Dictionary of Biology plate tectonics The theory that the surface ... number of smaller ones. The plate margins coincide with zones ... constructive (or divergent) plate margin occurs when two plates ... of new crust at constructive plate margins is compensated for ... Read more
Plate Tectonics
Water:Science and Issues Plate Tectonics Plate tectonics is the unifying theory of ... slowly flowing asthenosphere. Plate Tectonic Theory is Developed The plate tectonic theory known today ... advancing the theory of plate tectonics. Magnetic Field Reversals ... Read more

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