Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:-

The advocates of the plate tectonics are?

  1. McKenzie

  2. Parker

  3. Morgan

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

McKenzie, Parker, and Morgan were all key advocates and developers of the plate tectonics theory in the 1960s. McKenzie and Parker worked on plate kinematics, while Morgan proposed the concept of mantle plumes and hotspots. All three made fundamental contributions to establishing plate tectonics as the unifying theory of geology.

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