The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

According to plate tectonics theory, Earth's outer shell is divided into multiple plates that slowly glide over the mantle. This slowly changes Earth's surface over time by merging, or separating ...

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet ... which ...

Scientists have mapped the past 1.8 billion years of Earth’s continental drift by studying rocks to reveal how its ever-shifting landmasses shaped our planet’s surface. A study published in ...