Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics describes Earth's lithosphere as large, moving plates. These slow, majestic movements shape continents, build mountains, and trigger phenomena like earthquakes and volcanoes.

See also

Linked from: 921, Africa Plate, African Plate, Arabian Plate, Continent, Continental Drift, Continents, Cordillera, Earth History, Earth Structure, Earthx27s Crust, Earthx27s Heat, Earthx27s Interior, Earthx27s Mantle, East African Rift, Eurasian Plate, Fault Line, Fault Lines, Faulting, Geologic History, Geologic Time, Geological Cycle, Geology Of Ireland, Geophysics, Geothermal, Gondwana, Great Rift, Great Rift Valley, Himalayan Range, Indian Plate, Island Arc, Jordan Rift Valley, Landmass, Landmasses, Laurasia, Lava, Lithosphere, Magma, Marine Geology, Mid Ocean Ridge, Middle East Geology, Mount Etna, Mountain Ranges, Mountains, Ocean Floor, Ocean Trenches, Oceanic Crust, Oceanic Plate, Oceanic Trench, Orogeny, Pacific Coast, Pangaea, Pangea, Rift Valley, Rodinia, Seafloor Spreading, Somali Plate, Subduction, Subduction Zone, Suezi Plate, Supercontinent, Supercontinent Cycle, Tectonic Plate, Tectonic Plates, Tectonics, Transform Fault, Trench, Volcanic Arc, Volcanism, Volcano, Zagros

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