1. Plate Tectonics
Theory & Evidence

2. Historical Development of Theory
Chapter 3
Historical Development of Theory
Alfred L. Wegener ( )
The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1915)
Chapter 3

3. Chapter 3
Fossil Distributions
Chapter 3

4. Puzzle Fit of Continents
Chapter 3
Puzzle Fit of Continents
Chapter 3

5. Mountains Caledonia Mountains of Europe
Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America
Karroo system of South Africa
Santa Catarina system of Brazil
Chapter 3

6. Continental Drift

7. Driving Mechanism? Centrifugal forces Tidal forces
Arthur Holmes ( )
Mantle Convection

8. Oceanic Ridges Robert Dietz (1914-1995) & Harry Hess (1906-1969)
Seafloor Spreading

9. Chapter 3

10. Paleomagnetism

13. Vine-Matthews-Morley Hypothesis

14. Strike-Slip Faults
John Tuzo Wilson ( )

15. Subduction
Figure 3-8

16. Publications that Sealed the Deal
Nature 216, (30 December 1967); d
The North Pacific: an Example of Tectonics on a Sphere
D. P. McKENZIE & R. L. PARKER
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at San Diego
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 73, NO. 6, PAGES 1959–1982, 1968
Rises, Trenches, Great Faults, and Crustal Blocks
W. Jason Morgan
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

17. Current Evidence of Drift

18. Major Features of Plate Tectonics

19. Earth’s Layers & Plate Tectonics