{"id":374,"date":"2015-09-14T19:10:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T19:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/geophysical\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=374"},"modified":"2017-04-19T21:55:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T21:55:17","slug":"plate-tectonics-theory","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geophysical\/chapter\/plate-tectonics-theory\/","title":{"raw":"Plate Tectonics Theory","rendered":"Plate Tectonics Theory"},"content":{"raw":"Plate tectonics is the unifying theory of geology. 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