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Plate tectonics

Plate 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 3–4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of continental drift, an idea developed during the first decad…

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Types of plate boundaries

Driving forces of plate motion

History of the theory

Implications for life

Plate reconstruction

Modern plates

Other celestial bodies

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related to Definition and refining of the theory · 33
Plate tectonics → After, American Geophysical Union's, Atlantic, Bemmelen, Blackett, Bullard, Bullard's Fit, Earth's, Edward Bullard, Elsasser, From, Holmes, In, Initially, Jason Morgan, London, McKenzie, Moon, Morgan's, New Global Tectonics
related to External links · 20
Plate tectonics → An, Archived, Argus, BBC Videos, Bird, DeMets, Earth Rotation, Example, Google Maps Archived, Gordon, In Our Time, Map, MORVEL, Plate Model, The Story, This Dynamic Earth, Understanding Plate Tectonics Archived, USGS, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachinePlate Tectonics
related to Icy moons · 20
Plate tectonics → Earth, Earth's, Earth-like, Europa, Extensional, Force, Fracturing, Furthermore, Huygens, January, Jupiter, NASA, On, Plate, Ridge, Saturn, September, Some, The, Titan
related to Emergence of plate tectonics and past plate motions · 19
Plate tectonics → Additional, Africa, Archean, Columbia, Combining, Cretaceous, Early, Earth, Earth's, Hadean, Jurassic, Magnetic, Modern, Older, Other, Some, South America, The, Various
related to Driving forces related to Earth rotation · 12
Plate tectonics → Alfred Wegener, Dietz, Earth, Heezen, Hess, However, In, Matthews, Morley, Therefore, Vine, Wegener
related to Venus · 11
Plate tectonics → Dates, Earth's, However, One, Plate, There, This, Venus, Venus's, Venusian, While
see also · 9
Plate tectonics → Atmospheric, Conserved, Earth's, EarthGeosyncline, Hierarchical, Obsolete, Open-source, Process, Repeated
related to Key principles · 7
Plate tectonics → Earth, In, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Nazca, Plate, The, This
related to Driving forces of plate motion · 5
Plate tectonics → As, Dissipation, Tectonic, The, When
related to Summary · 5
Plate tectonics → Alfred Wegener, Around, In, Plate Tectonics Revolution, The

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plate tectonics plates mantle crust continental oceanic earth lithosphere spreading tectonic earth's motion along ocean continents subduction convection driving drift

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