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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
1880-1930
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Mountain ranges in
South America line
up exactly with
those in Africa!
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/images/history/fossils3.gif
At one time,
the area that
is New
Mexico was
below the
equator!
Notice this
compass. It
is important
for the next
slide
http://platetectonics.pwnet.org/img/blocks.gif
India-Asia (Himalayas)
After collision
from: http://www.geo.lsa.umich.edu/~crlb/COURSES/270
Also the way the Appalachian Mountains formed!
Because one plate gets pushed under
another, it is called subduction. This
is where volcanoes form!
Oceanic crust
Oceanic crust colliding
colliding with
with continental crust
oceanic crust