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Plate tectonics

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Active Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics, "Hot Spots" and the "Ring of Fire"

Plate Tectonics is a widely-accepted model used to explain the configuration of the Earth's surface. The Earth's outermost rocky layer, the crust, exists as a number of puzzle-piece-like plates. Approximately twenty major plates of the Earth's crust are reportedly still in motion, and moving as much as a half an inch per year, according to measurements using sophisticated laser methods. However, global positioning systems have not confirmed that the plates are still moving apart.

These plates meet at boundaries where either:

One plate subducts under another, diving into the mantle
Two plates emerge from a rift, traveling in opposite directions
Two plates slide past each other in opposite directions

The continental drift theory purports that plate tectonics are responsible for the migration of continents to their present location following the breakup of a single landmass known as Pangea.

Dr. Baumgardner has created a computer model for catastrophic plate tectonics, and has presented detailed papers about his catastrophic plate tectonics model as the mechanism for the Genesis global flood. Baumgardner's model is illustrated in the 27 minute documentary titled: In the Beginning: Catastrophic Plate Tectonics and the Genesis Flood, which was produced by Keziah and may be previewed online.