Explain how geologists regarded the positions of the ocean basins and the continents prior to the advent of plate tectonics and how that perspective differs from how modern geologists regard those same features
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Answer: Prior to the 1960s, geologists viewed the ocean basins and continents as fixed features: they neither grew nor moved. They also believed both were incredibly old. However, after the development of the theory of plate tectonics in the 1960s, geologists realized that the continents do migrate across the globe, a process that changes the size and shape of the ocean basins. As a result, some ocean basins are much younger than was previously believed.
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