continental drift
71Transform fault — (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral …
72Divergent boundary — In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent… …
73Keith Runcorn — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = November 19, 1922 birth place = Southport, Lancashire death date = December 5, 1995 death place = residence = |citizenship = nationality = United… …
74continent — /kon tn euhnt/, n. 1. one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica). 2. a comparable landmass on another planet. 3. the mainland, as… …
75Wilson, J. Tuzo — ▪ Canadian geologist in full John Tuzo Wilson born Oct. 24, 1908, Ottawa, Ont., Can. died April 15, 1993, Toronto, Ont. Canadian geologist and geophysicist who established global patterns of faulting and the structure of the continents.… …
76Keith Runcorn — Stanley Keith Runcorn (* 19. November 1922 in Southport (Lancashire); † 5. Dezember 1995 in San Diego) war ein britischer Geophysiker. Er befasste sich unter anderem mit Paläomagnetismus und fand frühe Beweise für die Plattentektonik.… …
77Mid-ocean ridge — Oceanic ridge, including a black smoker A mid ocean ridge is a general term for an underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges (chains), typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine, formed by plate… …
78Geology of Tasmania — Tasmania has a varied geological history, with the world s biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. Rocks from the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic time periods appear. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas glaciated during the… …
79Mesozoic Era — Second of the Earth s three major geologic eras and the interval during which the continental landmasses as known today were separated from the supercontinents Laurasia and Gondwana by continental drift. It lasted from с 248 to с 65 million years …
80Point Roberts, Washington — Infobox Settlement official name = Point Roberts settlement type = Unincorporated community nickname = The Point, Point Bob, Roberts Point imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = Red dot (above) indicates location of Point… …
