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Description
Due to the brevity of human life, we struggle to grasp the movement of continents and ocean crusts. From the perspective of Deep-Time, we can feel Earth move under our feet.
Earth is restless. Major global rifting occurs in a very short amount of geologic time. Great valleys open within the continental shield, rivers pour in and new oceans form. Plate collisions fold Earth, and huge mountain chains rise. Volumes of magma spew from the deep.
Continents are the raised portions of tectonic plates.
Date Created
1997
Holding Institution
University of Montana--Missoula. Environmental Studies Program
Rights Statement
Rights Holder
© 1997 Stiftung Drittes Millennium
Item Type
Exhibit
Digital File Format
image/jpeg
Media Type
Text; Image
Digital Image Number
44_wtt_file03_40-59.jpg
Recommended Citation
Liebes, Sid; Mittelstadt, Laurie; Waugh, Barbara; and Brynes, Lois, "Panel 44: Into The Breach" (1997). A Walk Through Time - From Stardust To Us. 44.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/awalkthroughtime/44