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Plate Tectonics - National Geographic Society
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WEBMar 7, 2024 · Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth’s subterranean movements. The theory, which solidified in the 1960s, transformed the earth sciences by explaining many phenomena, including mountain building events, volcanoes, and earthquakes. In plate tectonics, Earth’s outermost ...

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Plate tectonics - Wikipedia
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WEBPlate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago.

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Plate tectonics | Definition, Theory, Facts, & Evidence
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WEB5 days ago · plate tectonics, theory dealing with the dynamics of Earth’s outer shell—the lithosphere—that revolutionized Earth sciences by providing a uniform context for understanding mountain-building processes, volcanoes, and earthquakes as well as the evolution of Earth’s surface and reconstructing its past continents and oceans.

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What is a tectonic plate? [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
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WEBWhat is a tectonic plate? A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. Plate size can vary greatly, from a few hundred to thousands of kilometers across; the Pacific and Antarctic Plates are among the largest.

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What is Plate Tectonics? | Plate Tectonics | Live Science
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WEBMay 26, 2021 · Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large slabs of solid rock, called “plates,” that glide over Earth's mantle, the rocky inner layer above Earth’s core....

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Introduction to plate tectonics (article) | Khan Academy
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WEBEarth’s lithosphere, or outermost shell, is broken up into large pieces called tectonic plates. These plates move slowly over the asthenosphere, a layer of softer rock below the lithosphere. On average, tectonic plates move a few centimeters per year. The place where two plates meet is called a plate boundary.

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Introduction to plate tectonics (video) | Khan Academy
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WEBAbout. Transcript. Earth's lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plates, which move slowly over time. Evidence like matching coastlines and same-species fossils on different continents support this. A plate boundary is where two tectonic plates meet. There are three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform.

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Plate Tectonics Theory, Diagrams, Boundaries - GEOLOGY.COM
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WEBWhat is Plate Tectonics? Plate tectonics is a theory about how Earth's lithosphere is divided into a series of rigid plates; and, how movements of these plates produce earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean trenches, mountain ranges, and more. Plate Tectonics Animation.

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Earth's Shifting Tectonic Plates - National Geographic Society
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WEBOct 19, 2023 · Tectonic plates, the massive slabs of Earth’s lithosphere that help define our continents and ocean, are constantly on the move. Plate tectonics is driven by a variety of forces: dynamic movement in the mantle, dense oceanic crust interacting with the ductile asthenosphere, even the rotation of the planet.

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Theory of plate tectonics | Britannica
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WEBplate tectonics, Theory that the Earth’s lithosphere (the crust and upper portion of the mantle) is divided into about 12 large plates and several small ones that float on and travel independently over the asthenosphere.

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