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The Theory Of

Published on Mar 23, 2016

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J. TUZO WILSON

  • He said that the lithoshere is broken into separte sections called plates.

HOW PLATES MOVE

  • The theory that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant motion , driven by convection currents in the mantle
  • It explains the formation , movement ,and subduction of earth's plates

PLATE BOUNDARIES

  • Diergent
  • Convergent
  • Transforms

DEF. OF PLATE BOUDARIES

  • Divergent : is a place where 2 plates move apart or diverge
  • Convergent:when 2plates collides they converge
  • Transform:is a place where 2 plates slip past each other
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Pangea drifted together 260 million years ago

225 million it started to break up

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