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Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building by Wolfgang Frisch, Martin Meschede, Ronald C. Blakey

Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building Wolfgang Frisch, Martin Meschede, Ronald C. Blakey ebook
ISBN: 3540765034, 9783540765035
Page: 220
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Format: pdf

Divergent or spreading boundaries, and transform boundaries. The lateral movement of the Plate tectonic theory arose out of the hypothesis of continental drift proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 and expanded in his 1915 book The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. How do the plates show us proof of continental drift? Curriki resource: Educational resources on the formation of the Appalachian mountains. Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building. Plate tectonic theory grew from Wegener's continental drift hypothesis and is the unifying theory underlying modern geology and geophysics. What happens to the Earth's surface through the process of plate tectonics? Why are there old and young mountains? The continental plate forms high mountains, the Andes in South America. Why do the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together? Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain Building Wolfgang Frisch, Martin Meschede, Ronald C.