Essays on Continental Drift

The East African Rift formed 22-25 million years ago. The Rift was formed as a result of plate tectonics, with the Somalian and Nubian plates moving away from the Arabian Plate. Because of these forces, significant sections of the crust sank between the two parallel fault lines, forcing molten rocks...

Volcano eruptions occur when lava and gas are exposed from a volcanic vent. Because of the flow of lava, this generates movement of people around the volcano, as well as landslides. The most destructive type of eruption is known as an avalanche. The incandescent magma that erupts is of great...

Continental drift is the rotation of the earth's continents relative to each other, causing them to drift transversely on the ocean floor (Walton, 2013). In other terms, continental drift is a term used to explain how geologists thought continents drifted over time. Abraham Ortelius explained the theory that continents had...