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Contents of Why study plates and their motions?
- 12.1 How does continental drift relate to plate tectonics?
- 12.2 What is the evidence that plates are rigid?
- 12.3 What is the evidence that plates move apart at divergent plate boundaries?
- 12.4 What is the evidence that subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries?
- 12.5 What is the evidence that plates slide past one another at transform plate boundaries?
- 12.6 What does the mantle-plume hypothesis explain that plate tectonics cannot explain?
- 12.7 How do we know ... that plates move in real time?
- 12.8 What forces cause plate motions and plumes?
- 12.9 What were the consequences of plate motion over geologic time?
Why study plates and their motions?