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Plate Tectonics: A Scientific
Revolution UnfoldsEarth, 10e - Chapter 2
Stan Hatfield Southwestern Illinois College
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Continental Drift: An Idea Before Its Time
• Alfred Wegener• First proposed continental drift hypothesis in 1915 • Published The Origin of Continents and Oceans
• Continental drift hypothesis • The supercontinent called Pangaea began
breaking apart about 200 million years ago.
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Alfred Wegener
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Pangaea Approximately 200 Million Years Ago
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Continental Drift: An Idea Before Its Time
• Continental drift hypothesis• Continents "drifted" to present positions
• Evidence used in support of continental drift hypothesis:
• Fit of the continents • Fossil evidence• Rock type and structural similarities • Paleoclimatic evidence
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Matching Mountain Ranges
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Paleoclimatic Evidence
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Glacial Striations
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The Great Debate• Objections to the continental drift hypothesis:
• Lack of a mechanism for moving continents • Wegener incorrectly suggested that continents
broke through the ocean crust.• Strong opposition to the hypothesis from all areas
of the scientific community
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The Great Debate
• Continental drift and the scientific method• Wegener’s hypothesis was correct in principle, but
contained incorrect details. • A few scientists considered Wegener’s ideas
plausible and continued the search.
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Continental Drift and Paleomagnetism
• A renewed interest in continental drift initially came from rock magnetism.
• Magnetized minerals in rocks: • Show the direction to Earth’s magnetic poles • Provide a means of determining their latitude of
origin
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Continental Drift and Paleomagnetism
• Polar wandering• The apparent movement of the magnetic poles
indicates that the continents have moved. • It also indicates Europe was much closer to the
equator when coal-producing swamps existed.
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Continental Drift and Paleomagnetism
• Polar wandering• Curves for North America and Europe have
similar paths but are separated by about 24 degrees of longitude. –Differences between the paths can be reconciled if
the continents are placed next to one another.
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Polar Wandering Paths for Eurasia and North America
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A Scientific Revolution Begins
• During the 1950s and 1960s, technological strides permitted extensive mapping of the ocean floor.
• The seafloor spreading hypothesis was proposed by Harry Hess in the early 1960s.
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A Scientific Revolution Begins
• Geomagnetic reversals • Earth's magnetic field periodically reverses
polarity—the north pole becomes the south pole, and vice versa. • Dates when the polarity of Earth’s magnetism
changed were determined from lava flows.
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A Scientific Revolution Begins
• Geomagnetic reversals• Geomagnetic reversals are recorded in the oceanic
crust. • In 1963, Vine and Matthews tied the discovery of
magnetic stripes in the oceanic crust near ridges to Hess’s concept of seafloor spreading.
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Paleomagnetic Reversals Recorded in Oceanic Crust
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A Scientific Revolution Begins• Geomagnetic reversal
• Paleomagnetism was the most convincing evidence set forth to support the concepts of continental drift and seafloor spreading.
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Plate Tectonics: The New Paradigm
• Earth’s major plates • Associated with Earth's strong, rigid outer layer:–Known as the lithosphere–Consists of uppermost mantle and overlying crust–Overlies a weaker region in the mantle called the
asthenosphere
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Plate Tectonics: The New Paradigm
• Earth’s major plates• Seven major lithospheric plates• Plates are in motion and are continually changing
in shape and size.• The largest plate is the Pacific plate.• Several plates include an entire continent plus a
large area of seafloor.
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Earth’s Tectonic Plates
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Plate Tectonics: The New Paradigm
• Earth’s major plates• Plates move relative to each other at a very slow
but continuous rate. –About 5 centimeters (2 inches) per year–Cooler, denser slabs of oceanic lithosphere descend
into the mantle.
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Plate Tectonics: The New Paradigm
• Plate boundaries• Interactions among individual plates occur
along their boundaries. • Types of plate boundaries: –Divergent plate boundaries (constructive
margins) –Convergent plate boundaries (destructive
margins)–Transform fault boundaries (conservative
margins)
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Plate Tectonics: The New Paradigm
• Plate boundaries• Each plate is bounded by a combination of the
three types of boundaries. • New plate boundaries can be created in response to
changing forces.
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Divergent Plate Boundaries
• Most are located along the crests of oceanic ridges.
• Oceanic ridges and seafloor spreading • Along well-developed divergent plate boundaries,
the seafloor is elevated, forming oceanic ridges.
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Divergent Plate Boundaries• Oceanic ridges and seafloor spreading
• Seafloor spreading occurs along the oceanic ridge system.
• Spreading rates and ridge topography • Ridge systems exhibit topographic differences. • Differences are controlled by spreading rates.
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Divergent Plate Boundaries
• Continental rifting• Splits landmasses into two or more smaller
segments along a continental rift• Examples include:–East African Rift Valleys –Rhine Valley in Northern Europe
• Produced by extensional forces
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Continental Rifting
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Convergent Plate Boundaries
• Older portions of oceanic plates are returned to the mantle at these destructive plate margins.
• Surface expression of the descending plate is an ocean trench. • Also called subduction zones • Average angle of subduction = 45 degrees.
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Convergent Plate Boundaries
• Types of convergent boundaries: • Oceanic–continental convergence –The denser oceanic slab sinks into the
asthenosphere. –Along the descending plate, partial melting of
mantle rock generates magma.–The resulting volcanic mountain chain is called a
continental volcanic arc. (The Andes and the Cascades are examples.)
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Oceanic–Continental Convergence
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Convergent Plate Boundaries• Types of convergent boundaries:
• Oceanic–oceanic convergence–When two oceanic slabs converge, one descends
beneath the other. –Often forms volcanoes on the ocean floor– If the volcanoes emerge as islands, a volcanic island
arc is formed. (Japan, the Aleutian islands, and the Tonga islands are examples.)
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Oceanic–Oceanic Convergence
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Convergent Plate Boundaries• Types of convergent boundaries:
• Continental–continental convergence –Continued subduction can bring two continents
together. –Less dense, buoyant continental lithosphere does
not subduct. –The resulting collision produces mountains. (The
Himalayas, the Alps, and the Appalachians are examples.)
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Continental–ContinentalConvergence
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Transform Fault Boundaries• Plates slide past one another and no new
lithosphere is created or destroyed. • Transform faults
• Most join two segments of a mid-ocean ridge along breaks in the oceanic crust known as fracture zones.• A few (the San Andreas Fault and the Alpine Fault
of New Zealand) cut through continental crust.
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Transform Fault Boundaries
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Testing the Plate Tectonics Model
• Evidence from ocean drilling• Some of the most convincing evidence has come
from drilling directly into ocean-floor sediment. –Age of deepest sediments –The thickness of ocean-floor sediments verifies
seafloor spreading.
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Evidence from Ocean Drilling
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Testing the Plate Tectonics Model
• Hot spots and mantle plumes• Caused by rising plumes of mantle material • Volcanoes can form over them (Hawaiian Island
chain).• Mantle plumes –Long-lived structures–Some originate at great depth.
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Measuring Plate Motion
• Paleomagnetism and plate motions• Paleomagnetism stored in rocks on the ocean
floor provides a method for determining plate motions.• Both the direction and the rate of spreading can
be established.
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Measuring Plate Motion
• Measuring plate velocities from space• Accomplished by establishing exact locations on
opposite sides of a plate boundary and measuring relative motions• Various methods are used:–Global Positioning System (GPS)
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Plate Motions
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What Drives Plate Motions?
• Researchers agree that convective flow in the mantle is the basic driving force of plate tectonics.
• Forces that drive plate motion: • Slab-pull• Ridge push
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Forces Driving Plate Motions
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What Drives Plate Motions?
• Models of plate–mantle convection • Any model must be consistent with observed
physical and chemical properties of the mantle. • Models: –Layering at 660 kilometers –Whole-mantle convection
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Importance of Plate Tectonics
• The theory provides explanations for:• Earth’s major surface processes • Distribution of earthquakes, volcanoes, and
mountains• Distribution of ancient organisms and mineral
deposits