Plate Tectonic Theory: Understanding the Earth's Movement

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Plate tectonic is a relatively new scientific theory, which states that the outermost layer of
the planet earth is fragmented into dozens of very huge and tiny plates that are in motion relative
to each other as they move a top hotter and less viscous material. The theory also asserts that
before the current world. There was a preexisting large landmass. Plate tectonic is a little bit new
scientific concept. This theory brings together many branches of earth science such as
seismology and paleontology. This theory tries to give an explanation on the reason for the
occurrence of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at specific places on the planet.
The theory further tries to assert the fact that the earth has been broken, divided into a
series of slabs. The theory tries to bring up the notion that the earth has always not been in the e
position that it is presently. According to Wegener Lothar, around 250 million years ago, the
earth started to split. Pate tectonic is an important part of the earth science whose evidence was
found on the ocean flow exploration that rekindled Wegner’s research (Marx, Werner, and Lutz
Bornmann. 595)
According to plate tectonic theory, rapid earthquake and volcanic eruptions are
concentrated near the boundaries since these regions of the earth are less thickly compared to
regions that are fur from the oceanic boundaries. Earlier the scientific community did not accept
the theory of plate tectonic since they saw it impossible for large solid rock to drift across the