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Distribution of Oceans And Continents
What was Pangaea according to Wegener?
Who first propounded the theory of continental drift and when?
Alfred Wegener in 1912 first of all propounded the theory of continental drift.
Mention the major plates of the earth.
The major plates are as follows :
(i) Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic plate
(ii) North American (with western Atlantic floor separated from the South American plate along the Caribbean islands) plate
(iii) South American (with western Atlantic floor separated from the North American plate along the Caribbean islands) plate
(iv) Pacific plate
(v) India-Australia-New Zealand plate
(vi) Africa with the eastern Atlantic floor plate
(vii) Eurasia and the adjacent oceanic plate.
Which plates are composed of mainly oceanic crust ?
Zone of divergence are boundaries along which plate is composed of mainly oceanic crust.
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