What is plate tectonics?

The theory of plate tectonics has revolutionized the thinking of geologists. This is a unifying theory that explains many seemingly unrelated geologic processes. Plate tectonics was first seriously proposed as a theory in the early 1960's although the related idea of continental drift was proposed much earlier.

The Plates The outer part of the earth is broken into rigid plates approximately 62 miles thick. These outer plates are called lithosphere and include rocks of the earth's crust and upper mantle. Below the rigid lithosphere is the asthenosphere, a zone around the earth that is approximately 90 miles thick and behaves like a plastic because of high temperature and pressure.

The lithosphere plates move over the plastic asthenosphere at a rate of an inch or more per year. Eight large plates and a few dozen smaller plates make up the outer shell of the earth. The internal heat of the earth is the most likely cause of plate movement; this heat is probably generated by the decay of ... more.

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