SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Plate Tectonics By Marilyn Christiano Broadcast: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Science in the News, in VOA Special English. I'm Sarah Long. Graphic Image...
The theory of plate tectonics describes the motions of the lithosphere, the comparatively rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes all the crust and part of the underlying mantle. The lithosphere(...