The Matching of Continents (Jig-Saw-Fit)
Rocks of Same Age Across the Oceans
Tillite
Placer Deposits
Distribution of Fossils
Convectional Current Theory
Mapping of the Ocean Floor
Ocean Floor Configuration
Continental Margins
Abyssal Plains
Mid-Oceanic Ridges
Plate Tectonics
Major Plates
Minor Plates
These plates are moving constantly throughout geological time not the continent believed by Wegener Pangaea was the convergent of all the plates. Position of Indian subcontinent is traced with the help of rocks analyzed from Nagpur area.
There are three types of plate boundaries:
1- Divergent Boundaries
2- Convergent Boundaries
3- Transform Boundaries
Rates of Plate Movement
Force for the Plate Movement
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3. What force drives the movement of the continents in continental drift? |
4. What are the types of plate boundaries in continental drift? |
5. How does sea floor spreading support the theory of continental drift? |
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