According to plate tectonics theory, Earth's outer shell is divided into multiple plates that slowly glide over the mantle. This slowly changes Earth's surface over time by merging, or separating ...

It was not until the 1960s that evidence of convection currents within the mantle was discovered to support the theory fully. This slideshow explains Wegener’s theory. What was the evidence for ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence ... is called the theory of plate tectonics.

The controversy quieted down and fell from prominence until the 1960s, when new evidence was ... to the development of plate tectonics. Though not without problems, this theory has gained wide ...

It convinced many that plate tectonics was the best theory to unify nearly all the previously accumulated, but disjoint geological data.

Their theory was based ... Additional evidence surfaced in Palawan, an island in the western Philippines, and the South China ...