Implecations of Plate Techtonics in Oceanography
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Implications of Plate Tectonics in Oceanography
Plate tectonics is an essential theory for scientist who studies the earth, and the ocean. The understanding of plate tectonics helps us understand the past, and move forward into the future. Through the understanding of plate tectonics, scientists have learnt where to look for natural resources such as oil and natural gas (Ross, 1995). Plate tectonics is a relatively new idea, built on older concepts.
The history of plate tectonics dates back to 1965. It was then, when J. Tuzo Wilson combined the ideas of continental drifting and sea floor spreading (Garrison, 1995). The idea of continental drifting idea was first suggested back in 1596 by the Dutch map maker Abraham Ortelius in his work Thesaurus Geographicus (Kious and Tilling, 1996). It wasn't until 1912 when Alfred Wegener proposed the actual theory of continental drifting. Wegener provided evidence to support his theory...