Tectonica plăcilor

Tectonica plăcilor (cunoscută și sub denumirea de tectonică globală) este o teorie modernă a științelor geologice privind procesele tectonice din litosferă (scoarța Pământului), constituind parte a teoriei dinamicii endogene terestre. Teoria dinamicii endogene a Pământului studiază și explică dinamica scoarței terestre: cauza cutremurelor, geneza vulcanilor, formarea continentelor și a bazinelor oceanice, și deriva continentelor determinate de forțele interne terestre. Există 6 plăci tectonice majore.

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