Plate tectonics, hypothesis dealing with the elements of Earth's external shell—the lithosphere—that changed Earth sciences by giving a uniform setting to understanding mountain-building forms, volcanoes, and seismic tremors just as the development of Earth's surface and recreating its past landmasses and seas
The idea of plate tectonics was figured during the 1960s
The hypothesis of plate tectonics depends on an expansive amalgamation of geologic and geophysical information
