Plate Tectonics
Plate tectonics unified geology by connecting many features, hazards, and resources to systematic plate movement. Plate tectonics became established as geology's central framework during the 1960s and early 1970s. Plate tectonics explains…
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Plate tectonics unified geology by connecting many features, hazards, and resources to systematic plate movement. Plate tectonics became established as geology's central framework during the 1960s and early 1970s. Plate tectonics explains Earth as a dynamic system rather than a static object. Earth's surface is divided into roughly twenty large moving plates.