5 Answered Questions for the topic tectonics

What structures form due to the melting of subducting plates?

What structures form from the melting of subducting plates? Plutons, Accretionary wedges, Deep sea trenches, Faults?

06/25/19

What is the current status of geophysical global cooling theory?

Plate tectonics effectively rubbished the theory of geophysical global cooling as a means of explaining many surface features on the Earth. However, [this... more

06/10/19

What is the current status of geophysical global cooling theory?

Plate tectonics effectively rubbished the theory of geophysical global cooling as a means of explaining many surface features on the Earth. However, [this... more

05/16/19

Himalayas are currently rising. What will be the highest point they can reach?

Himalayas are currently rising about 5 mm/year. What will be the highest point they can reach?

04/28/19

How is/was continental drift monitored?

I am curious about current technology but I am particularly interested in what techniques were employed prior to the advent of satellite technology.

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