Now scientists know that tectonic plates caused it ... So, the missing pieces came together, a true puzzle. Now, researchers seem to be closer to being able to factually state that tectonic ...

Geologists from ETH Zurich and the California Institute of Technology, who are studying the Earth's interior using seismic waves, have discovered an intriguing phenomenon beneath the Pacific Ocean.

THESE ARE TECTONIC PLATES. THEY FIT INTO EACH OTHER LIKE PIECES OF A PUZZLE AND FORM THE OUTER SHELL OF THE EARTH. THESE PLATES MOVE A FEW CENTIMETERS PER YEAR. THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLATES RELATIVE ...

It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet. Tectonic plates move - usually very slowly - and this broke Pangaea up ...