TECTONIC PLATES

TECTONIC PLATES

1. WEGENER'S THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT

   • THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
     • WEGENER'S EVIDENCE
       • PALEONTOLOGICAL
       • PALEOCLIMATIC
       • GEOLOGICAL

2. THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE EART

   • METHODS FOR STUDING EARTH?S INTERIOR
   • COMPOSITION AND DINAMICS
     • COMPOSITIONAL LAYERS
     • PHYSICAL LAYERS
   • ISOSTASY
   • THE CRUST AND THE LITHOSPHERE

3. OCEAN FLOOR

   • OCEANIC LANDFORMS
     • MID-OCEAN RIDGE
     • TRENCHES
     • OTHER LANDFORMS
   • COMPOSITION

4. THE BIRTH OF PLATE TECTONICS

   • DISTRIBUTION OF EATHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
   • TECTONIC PLATES
     • TYOE OF LITHOSPHERE
     • SIZE
   • SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
   • SUBDUCTION

5. THE THEORY

   • HOW DO THE PLATES MOVE ?
     • ORIGINAL EXPLANATION
     • CURRENT EXPLANATION
   • THE WILSON CYCLE
     • RIFTING AND OPENING OF OCEAN BASINS
     • CLOSING OF OCEAN BASINS
     • CONTINENTAL COLLISION