Plate Tectonics

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Plate Tectonics EPOD - a service of USRA. The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory captions and links exemplifying ...
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries Map
'Earth's mantle swallowed massive chunk of India, Eurasia'. According to plate tectonic theory, the surface of the Earth comprises a mosaic of about a dozen rigid plates in relative motion. These plates move atop the upper mantle, and plates topped with thicker, more buoyant continental crust ride higher than those ...
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Map of Earth's Tectonic Plates
Did Earth’s Mantle Swallow Half Of India And Eurasia?. When tectonic plates come together, something has to give. According to plate tectonic theory, the surface of the Earth comprises a mosaic of about a dozen rigid plates in relative motion. These plates move atop the upper mantle, and plates topped with ...
Source:http://en.es-static.us/upl/2012/12/earth_plates_usgs_L.jpeg

European Tectonic Plate
Earth's expanding crust swallowed beneath Aleutians. Thinking about the age of rocks he found, the placement of a string of volcanoes and how they were linked with the depth of earthquakes, Bob Coats arrived at this notion: the sphere of Earth is constantly eating its own plates and regurgitating them back out.
Source:http://science.taskermilward.org.uk/mod1/KS4Chemistry/AQA/Module2/Mod%202%20img/10_2_19.jpg

Tectonic Plate Boundaries Map
Case of Earth's missing continental crust solved—it sank. When tectonic plates come together, something has to give. According to plate tectonic theory, the surface of the Earth comprises a mosaic of about a dozen rigid plates in relative motion. These plates move atop the upper mantle, and plates topped with ...
Source:http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/images/tectonic_plates/tectonic_plates_lg.png

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