Evidence of Plate Tectonic Processes
Litoshpere..Crust & Rigid upper mantle Astenosphere – weak and capable of flow Oceanic and Continental crust Oceanic – 6-12 km thick, dense heavy, basalt,
Continental Drift and Sea Floor Spreading Theory of Plate Tectonics Folding and Faulting Volcanoes and Earthquakes Random 100 200 300 400 500.
Plate Tectonics Chapter 3. How Does The Earth Change With Depth Earth’s Crust – Outermost layer. –Continental Crust - 35-40 km in thickness –Oceanic Crust.
Plate Tectonics
Map of magnetic anomaly numbers Deep Sea Drilling sites.
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. CHAPTER 2 Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor.
Plate Tectonics. What is plate tectonics? Earth’s lithosphere is broken into plates that move on the asthenosphere. The movement of these plates is ‘Plate.
