This exercise has students who have just gone through a unit on plate tectonics examine the "crustal displacement" hypothesis which accounts for the fate of Atlantis. Rapid and vast plate tectonic movements supposedly moved Antarctica from 60 degrees S to the south pole. Students must work out ways to test this hypothesis. Useful evidence to examine includes the paleomagnetic record, the history of island chains like the Hawaiian archipelago, biodiversity patterns, and probable effects of such shifts on existing subduction zones.
ISSN 1089-9995
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