Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
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<strong>The</strong> Major <strong>Plate</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Earth’s Lithosphere<br />
- Most plates contain both oceanic and continental crust.<br />
A few contain only oceanic crust. Thus a plate ≠ a continent<br />
- Not all boundaries between continents and oceans are plate<br />
boundaries