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    The document discusses the theory of plate tectonics, including its history and key concepts. Alfred Wegener first proposed continental drift in the early 20th century based on matching rock formations and fossil evidence. Marie Tharp mapped the mid-oceanic ridge and earthquake epicenters in the mid-20th century, providing support for plate tectonics. The theory of plate tectonics postulates that the lithosphere is divided into rigid tectonic plates that move and interact along three main types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform.

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    The document discusses the theory of plate tectonics, including its history and key concepts. Alfred Wegener first proposed continental drift in the early 20th century based on matching rock formations and fossil evidence. Marie Tharp mapped the mid-oceanic ridge and earthquake epicenters in the mid-20th century, providing support for plate tectonics. The theory of plate tectonics postulates that the lithosphere is divided into rigid tectonic plates that move and interact along three main types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform.

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    Teoria Placas Tectonicas

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    TECTONICS

    THEORY OF
    PLATES

    ROCK CYCLE

    TYPES OF
    ROCKS
    Brief history
    of plate theory

    Abraham Ortelius
    year 1570.
    •Theatrum orbis te
    rrarum
    Brief history
    of plate theory

    Alfred Wegener,
    early 20th century
    • Mesosaurus
    • Cicada and fern
    fossils
    • Equal rock strata
    • Appalachian
    Mountains
    Brief history
    of plate
    theory

    Marie Tharp
    mid 20th century
    • Mid-oceanic
    ridge
    • Maps of
    earthquake
    epicenters
    Theory of plate
    tectonics

    The lithosphere is
    divided into rigid
    fragments called
    tectonic plates, 15
    major and 42 minor
    plates.
    Edge types

    Converging
    edges

    • Convergence
    between a
    continental and an
    oceanic plate
    • Convergence
    between two
    oceanic plates
    • Convergence
    between two
    continental plates
    Edge types

    Transforming
    edges

    They are
    generated in the
    lateral
    displacement of
    tectonic plates
    Edge types

    Diverging edges

    • Continental rift
    • Oceanic mountain
    range
    Wilson cycle

    Plate motion

    • density
    • temperature
    • gravity
    Rock cycle

    description of
    the geological
    processes that
    rocks go
    through to
    transform into
    one of these
    three types of
    rock: igneous,
    sedimentary or
    metamorphic
    Types of
    rocks

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