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Marine life which was once living on a continental shelf and was eventually turned into sedimentary rock was uplifted by the forces of colliding continents into mountain ranges. Orogeny is the term used for mountain building.
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∙ 9y agoGeologists theorize that the Ural Mountains were once underwater. Due to the collision of two prehistoric continents, the Baltica and Siberia, the Urals rose up, along with its marine fossils.
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∙ 15y agoCheck pages 135, 138 and 143 of your book. I am sure that you are using Lutgens and Tarbuck. for Earth Science.
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∙ 14y agoVery similar fossils have been found on different continents that do not exist anywhere else in the world. This means that at one point those two areas were once connected.
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∙ 13y agoBecause if you find the same types of fossils on what's different continents today, then that's compelling evidence that those continents once stuck together.
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∙ 13y agothey relate because of continental drift, continental drift is a theory of which all continents drifted away from each other,
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What is a creationist theory for plate tectonics?
Creationist theory and plate tectonics do not disagree in any way.
What Is the theory that the earths lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere?
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
What are some landforms that support the plate tectonics theory?
Earthquakes, volcanoes, canyons, mid-ocean ridges, mountain ranges and so on and the results of plate tectonics.
What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
plate tectonics
Which theory support that earthquakes and volcanic eruption are common on the western edge of the pacific ocean?
plate tectonics
Is plate tectonics the main lines of evidence are fossils climate clues rock and the theory of seafloor spreading?
Plates tectonics
What are some landforms in California that support the plate tectonics theory?
hups, bzzr
Which theory describes the motion of earth's crust on its mantle?
plate tectonics=D
What theory states that plates move around on the athenosphere?
the crust cracks and magma fills in the space
The early development of the theory of plate tectonics was supported by which of these observations?
matching fossils on the continents of Africa and South America
What did the theory of plate tectonics replace?
The theory of plate tectonics replaced the theory of sea floor spreading.
What is a creationist theory for plate tectonics?
Creationist theory and plate tectonics do not disagree in any way.
What are Plate tectonics evidence?
The theory of plate tectonics has succumbed to the newer theory of continental drift. Scientists believe this theory today due to three main factors. First, the continents appear to fit together. When the continental shelves, as opposed to just the continents, are placed together, the fit appears uncanny. Second, the distribution of fossils is consistent with continental drift. Lastly, glacial deposits once covered parts of the earth that are currently tropical.ANSWER: The plate tectonics theory is relatively new and formulated only in the 1960s. The evidence listed above in the first answer can only support the continental drift theory which was developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. Evidence that can support the plate tectonics theory are the age, depth of oceanic sediments, volcanic activity, geothermal gradient, gravity anomalies, paleomagnetism and seismologic evidence. If you are answering an exam question on evidence supporting plate tectonics, evidence supporting continental drift theory should only come later in your answer and should not be given too much emphasis, for the plate tectonics theory involves more than just the continental crust drifting around and cannot support the main hypotheses of the plate tectonics theory.
How do observations of earthquakes and volcanic activity support theory of plate tectonics?
Observations of earthquakes and volcanic activity support the theory of plate tectonics because they both occur on boundaries. Boundaries are where plates meet and either converge, diverge or transform.
What Is the theory that the earths lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere?
A theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called '' plate tectonics''
What is The theory that describes large scales movements of the lithosphere called?
Plate tectonics
What theory states that earth's surface is broken into separate plated?
Plate tectonics
