Plate tectonics

The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century.

Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998

Global plate tectonic movement

Plate tectonics geology ke baare me ek theory hae jisme dunia ke uppar waala layer ke khake ke samjhawa jaawe hae. == References ==

• McKnight, Tom 2004. Geographica: The complete illustrated Atlas of the world, Barnes and Noble Books; New York ISBN 0-7607-5974-X
• Stanley, Steven M. 1999. Earth system history. Freeman. p211–228 ISBN 0-7167-2882-6
• Thompson, Graham R. and Turk, Jonathan 1991. Modern physical geology, Saunders. ISBN 0-03-025398-5
• Turcotte D.L. and Schubert G. 2002. Geodynamics 2nd ed, Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-521-66624-4

Duusra websites

• Movie showing 750 million years of global tectonic activity.
• More movies over smaller regions and smaller time scales.
• Easy-to-draw illustrations for teaching plate tectonics
• Map of tectonic plates
• MantlePlumes.org, the website that hosts the debate concerning whether deep mantle plumes exist or not