In the article the history of establishment of the plate tectonics theory and its influence on modification of knowledge of the endogenous sea floor geomorphology is stated briefly. Kinematics of main plates and age of sea floor, or more exactly - the time of cooling of the oceanic lithosphere, are examined as the principal plate tectonics reasons determined the nature of general features of the Earth's face. It is noted that a location of riftogenic mid-ocean ridges in young spreading ocean basins is determined by the character of tension and the lithosphere breaking up in rifting zones. It is considered an influence of transform faults on the pattern of the sea floor topography of the World Ocean.
In the article the history of establishment of the plate tectonics theory and its influence on modification of knowledge of the endogenous sea floor geomorphology is stated briefly. Kinematics of main plates and age of sea floor, or more exactly - the time of cooling of the oceanic lithosphere, are examined as the principal plate tectonics reasons determined the nature of general features of the Earth's face. It is noted that a location of riftogenic mid-ocean ridges in young spreading ocean basins is determined by the character of tension and the lithosphere breaking up in rifting zones. It is considered an influence of transform faults on the pattern of the sea floor topography of the World Ocean.
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