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PLATE TECTONICS
All aspects of the Earth’s history and structure, including its majestic mountains,
giant rift valleys, and deep ocean basins, were fashioned by mobile crustal
plates. This is taught as a different branch of Geology called Plate Tectonics The Earth’s outer shell is made up of a dozen or so plates composed of
the upper mantle, or lithosphere, and the overlying continental and oceanic
crust. The plates ride on the semi-molten rocks of the upper mantle and carry
the continents along with them. The movement of the plates accounts for all
geologic activity taking place on the planet’s surface. In this manner, plate tectonics
is continuously changing and rearranging the face of the Earth.
Here I am providing the links to few excellent books of Plate Tectonics, which will be helpful for better understanding
of the subject. Share this link with your friends and spread the knowledge.
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Plate Tectonics by Jon erickson
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Micro-tectonics C.W. Passchier & Rudolph
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Deformation Mechanics, rheology & tectonics
by Meer & Pennock
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Archean Crustal Evolution by K.C. Condie
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Plate Tectonics by Stephen M. Tomecek
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