Convergent boundaries mark places where the mantle convection goes down, the plates converge, and one of them plunges beneath the other one. There are three kinds of boundaries possible in a convergent situation. […]
Wherever two plates slide by each other, transform boundaries will occur. Among these boundaries is the San Andreas Fault, which is located in California and is extremely active. […]
The most convincing evidence for the formation of new crust came from sea-floor magnetic data and the age of volcanic islands. Learning about them has been a pivotal point in the history of plate tectonics. […]
The eventual accumulation and weight of overwhelming evidence convinced the geological community to abandon years of research on isostacy and instead focus on the theory of plate tectonics. […]
The continental drift theory was proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. It was based on several intriguing observations he made regarding the match-up of geological and paleontological phenomena across the Atlantic Ocean. […]
A new crust of volcanic material is formed along divergent boundaries. There are many divergent boundaries, such as, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Indian Ocean Ridge, and the Juan de Fuca Ridge. […]
James Hutton believed that great geological change could have taken place through countless decades of gradual increments called “uniformitarianism”. […]
Volcanoes have played a major role in shaping our planet; the Earth’s crust is majorly made of volcanic rocks. Volcanoes can be dangerous for human life, but there are ways to predict their eruptions. […]
Every time an earthquake occurs, two blocks of rock create friction against each other. Over timeThese small movements have caused enormous changes on the surface of the Earth. […]
There are many scientific questions that do not provide absolute answers. There are certain factors that prevent scientific answers from being answered and this can be quite frustrating for scientists. […]
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