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Describe the plate tectonic theory.
 
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Why is it that the most ancient rocks are found on the continents, and not on the ocean floor?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: The lithosphere is broken up into about a dozen rigid moving plates that move in response to convection cycles within the planet's interior. Two types of boundaries between these platesdivergent and convergentare the sites where crust is formed (seafloor spreading) and destroyed (subduction zones). At transform boundaries, plates slide horizontally past each other.

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Answer: The ocean floors are sites of crustal formation. New crust generated at a spreading center, pushes older crust away. In general, continental crust does not get subducted because of its low density. Older oceanic crust has been subducted, while older continental crust has not.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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