Continents may not have been created in the way we thought

Nicholas Rawlinson

Continents may not have been created in the way we thought

Nicholas Rawlinson

Geology and Geophysics

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Abstract

From the 1950s until recently, we thought we had a clear idea of how continents form. Most people will have heard of plate tectonics: moving pieces on the surface of the planet that collide, pull away or slide past one another over millions of years to shape our world.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 23 Oct 2014

Keywords

Geology
Plate tectonics
supercontinents
Continents

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Continents may not have been created in the way we thought

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