The Plate Tectonics Revolution was the scientific and cultural change which developed from the acceptance of the plate tectonics theory. The event was...

Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that the Earth's...

Cycle model was a key development in the theory of plate tectonics during the Plate Tectonics Revolution. The model is named after John Tuzo Wilson in recognition...

the current Atlantic Ocean area. This concept, a part of the plate tectonics revolution, became known as the Wilson cycle. The Wilson cycle has had profound...

common in other tectonic settings, it is particularly characteristic of convergent plate margins. Even before the Plate Tectonics Revolution, geologists had...

the surface of the Earth has been the concern of plate tectonics since the Plate Tectonics Revolution of the 1970s. It was a development of the continental...

are its most important tectonic feature. Subduction is the driving force behind plate tectonics, and without it, plate tectonics could not occur. Oceanic...

38 The Plate Tectonics Revolution 58 Ecosystems and the Law of Unintended Consequences 19 The Quantum World 39 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Motions...

the Earth's distinctive plate tectonics. They mark the locations of convergent plate boundaries, along which lithospheric plates move towards each other...

spreading theory of continental drift and plate tectonics. Its key impact was that it allowed the rates of plate motions at mid-ocean ridges to be computed...

studied earthquakes and ultimately provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics. In the 1960s, Oliver and his former graduate student, Bryan Isacks...

achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. He added the concept of hot spots, a volcanic region hotter than the...

Igneous Provinces and supercontinents: Toward completing the plate tectonic revolution". Lithos. 174: 1–14. Bibcode:2013Litho.174....1E. doi:10.1016/j...

movement of the planet's mantle Tectonic uplift – Geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics Waltham, Tony (2009). Foundations...

incorporated into the science of plate tectonics, which studies the movement of the continents as they ride on plates of the Earth's lithosphere. The speculation...

precession of Earth's orbit. As part of the ongoing supercontinent cycle, plate tectonics will probably create a supercontinent in 250–350 million years. Sometime...

and rocks : seismology in the plate tectonics revolution : the story of earthquakes and the great earth science revolution of the 1960s. Washington, D.C...

Lizards of the Caribbean : Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics: Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. Oxford...

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia The Great Escarpment of Southern Africa Plate tectonics, a theory which describes the large-scale motions of Earth's lithosphere...

2000, he was awarded the Vetlesen Prize for plate tectonic theory, theoretical geomorphology and tectonics. In 2013, he was elected fellow of the American...

This lost continent is considered incompatible with the theory of plate tectonics, the standard theory describing movement of the Earth's lithosphere...

of plate tectonics. Historian of geology, David Leveson, cautioned that the narrative promoted a 'Whiggish' telling of the story of plate tectonics as...

that tectonic plates essentially float and move around upon—was too hot to sustain modern plate tectonics at this time. Instead of vigorous plate recycling...

Plate Tectonics Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 188 pp. ISBN 0675087996 William Glen, 1985, Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics....

drift hypothesis and its transformation into the modern theory of plate tectonics. Apparent polar wander paths provided the first clear geophysical evidence...

to demonstrate the age of the Earth. Geology provides evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and the Earth's past climates. Geologists...

Indian Plate sutured on to the adjacent Australian Plate, forming a new larger plate, the Indo-Australian Plate. The earliest phase of tectonic evolution...

Brent Dalrymple. This work was a major step in the development of plate tectonics. Doell shared the Vetlesen Prize with Cox and Dalrymple. Doell was...

developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before the theory of plate tectonics was envisaged. A geosyncline was described as a giant downward fold...

Doell and Brent Dalrymple, made a major contribution to the theory of plate tectonics. Allan Cox won numerous awards, including the prestigious Vetlesen...