Plate tectonics
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plate-tectonics-176-5665986
title:
Plate tectonics
text:
Plate tectonics 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 decades of the 20th century. Plate tectonics came to be accepted by geoscientists after seafloor spreading was validated in the mid-to-late 1960s. Earth's lithosphere, the rigid outer shell of the planet including the crust and upper mantle,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Movement of Earth's lithosphere
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics
date created:
2001-12-21T20:15:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T14:46:20Z
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