Plate tectonics

epicenters, 1963–1998

Plate tectonics Greek τέκτων, tektōn "builder" nai to "mason" geology ke baare me ek theory hae jisme dunia ke uppar waala layer ke baare me samjhawa jaawe hae.

 References 

 McKnight, Tom 2004. Geographica: The complete illustrated Atlas of the world, Barnes and Noble Books; New York ISBN 0-7607-5974-X
 Stanley, Steven M. 1999. Earth system history. Freeman. p211–228 ISBN 0-7167-2882-6
 Thompson, Graham R. and Turk, Jonathan 1991. Modern physical geology, Saunders. ISBN 0-03-025398-5
 Turcotte D.L. and Schubert G. 2002. Geodynamics 2nd ed, Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-521-66624-4

 Duusra websites 
 Movie showing 750 million years of global tectonic activity.
 More movies over smaller regions and smaller time scales.
 Easy-to-draw illustrations for teaching plate tectonics
 Map of tectonic plates 
 MantlePlumes.org, the website that hosts the debate concerning whether deep mantle plumes exist or not

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