ESS11
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Plate Tectonics
q Continental Drifting
Theory
Alfred
Wegener proposed that all the continents were once assembled into a
supercontinent (Pangea) and then broke and slowly drifted to their current positions.
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q Plate Tectonics
The
branch of tectonics that deals with the processes by which the lithosphere
plates move and interact with
each other is called plate tectonics.