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Tectonic plates is the term to how faults and landmasses are created. The mantle of the earth contains two components which are Asthenosphere and Lithosphere. The Asthenosphere is a plastic like material which underlies the Lithosphere which is solid and rigid rock materials. The concept of Continental drift is thought of that the continents were once formed together which explains how the landmasses appear to resemble as puzzle pieces. This one huge landmass that was predicted to have once existed is named Pangea. However, the term Continental Drift determines that through tectonic plates enacting seafloor-spreading was the reason for Pangea to have separated. Through seafloor-spreading, the formation of oceanic ridges occur with the separating of landmasses which results in a larger seafloor. The opposite can also happen, when landmasses are being pushed together creates mountain ranges. Faults are what underlies beneath continents which makes seafloor-spreading and the formation of mountain ranges to occu

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  • Plate tectonics is a term used to describe how the plates or slabs are formed as a result of faults and folds created within the earth surface and this term also used in describing how the earth was formed due to the impact of large solid objects from the outer space and the removal of gas due to the SolarWinds.
  • The mantel that is composed of three layers and the top of them being the asthenosphere on which Alfred Wegener gave evidence that the terrestrial plate floats freely on these with less resistance offered by SIMA.
  • The puzzle evidence also suggested by him was about the same theory that made the large supercontinents in existence and from which the later land masses broke off to form Pangea and Gondwanaland.
  • Later on much-studied were conducted in this tic to test its validity and found that the continents were truly displaced due to the spreading of the oceanic floors due to the mid-oceanic ridges and these accounts for 99% of the oceanic crustal masses. It was only possible through the deep exploration of the paleomagnetism and chain of rocks of various ages.
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