List of tectonic plates

Discovery Science: Earth – Plate Tectonics – Primeval Continents

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Earth Science: Plate Tectonics – Primeval Continents Pangaea, Laurasia, Gondwana: these names are taken from the Earth’s history. Today the outlines of these three former continents can be recon- structed on the basis of models simulating continental drift. The location of each continent today is the result of geologically recent tectonic changes. The further back … Read more

Discovery Science: Earth – Plate tectonics – Plate Boundaries

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Earth Science: Plate Boundaries For new ocean crust to continue to form, older parts of the crust must first be destroyed. This happens when tectonic plates collide with each other. When lithospheric plates meet each other, one plate can slide below the other in a process called subduction. This process, and the changes in the … Read more