Animation shows an Earth drained of water and stripped of vegetation revealing its cracked shell, or lithosphere, which is composed of more than a dozen tectonic plates. The major plate in this view is the Pacific plate, the Earth s largest plate. It is the most volcanically active plate in the world. Volcanoes erupt here with such frequency, its circular boundary is known as the Ring of Fire. Magma in the mantle can be seen between gaps in the plates in this depiction. Plate tectonics is the central mechanism behind the theory of continental drift. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / PETER MATULAVICH / NOAA |
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Länge: | 12 Sekunden |
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