Archive | Plate Tectonic Theory

Plate Tectonic Theory is a comprehensive theory which offers explanations for various relief features and tectonic events viz. mountain building, folding and faulting, continental drift, vulcanicity, seismic events (earthquakes) etc. Base of the Plate Tectonic Theory: The rigid lithospheric slabs or rigid and solid landmasses having a thickness of about 100 km composed of Earth's crust and some portion of [...]