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- W3214343748 abstract "This chapter illustrates the most significant revolution in the understanding of the Earth discovered in the last 75 years, plate tectonics. The theory of plate tectonics is the second overarching precept of the field of geology (after the geologic time scale). Plate tectonics and its history as a theory are traced in this chapter. Early explorers and others had noticed the apparent fit in the shapes of the continents, but these ideas were not explicitly stated until Alfred Wegener detailed his evidence for the drift of the continents, though he had no viable mechanism on how the drift would have occurred. World War II technology, including sonar and radar, allowed scientists to understand the ocean floor. Rather than a flat, featureless plain, they found a vast undersea mountain range known as the mid-oceanic ridge that wraps around the world like seams on a baseball. Harry Hess proposed a new mechanism for continental drift through mantle convection cells, causing seafloor spreading. These ideas were confirmed by magnetic surveys and subsequent research, leading to the theory of plate tectonics. A final section looks at the maturation of the theory as geologists continue to learn more details about the movement and intricacies of the tectonic plates." @default.
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- W3214343748 title "Plate Tectonics" @default.
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