Campbell Biology: Custom Edition For The University Of Maryland
Campbell Biology: Custom Edition For The University Of Maryland
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781269920490
Author: Reece, Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, Jackson
Publisher: Pearson Custom Publishing
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Introduction: Plate tectonics are the lithospheric plates composed of continental and oceanic lithosphere. The earth crusts that float on the mantle layer and its movement causes the plates to move over a time is known as continental drift. The movement of plate causes the mountains and continents over a millions of years that result in the geographical changes of the earth.

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