About plate tectonics & continental drift...?

Question

How do continental drift & plate tectonics differ? In what ways r they the same?

Please note if ure naming the difference or the similarity...

Answer 1

Continental drift is an old idea that goes back to the early 1900's, proposing that the continents have moved around over time. Continents were thought of as solid blocks plowing through oceanic crust. But this was shown to be impossible, so the theory wasn't widely accepted.

Plate tectonics on the other hand, was only worked out in the 1960's, when sea-floor paleomagnetism maps were published. In plate tectoncis, 'plates' are composed of both continental and oceanic crust. The plates push apart at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is extruded, and collide and subduct under each other in other places. Thus plate tectonics explains the apparent continental drift.

Answer 2

First of all, when the waters redrew after the flood the whole topology changed. Second, if there was a continental drift it was much faster do to a more active volcano activity at the time of the flood. It is unnatural to believe that the continental drift and other things are constant when they depend on things like volcano activity, solar flares and many others. They start with the absolutely false assumption that things in nature change on a constant rate when they never do.

Answer 3

Continental drift and plate tectonics go hand in hand. Continental crust and basaltic (ocean) crust is driven by plate tectonics. Continental drift is the result of plate tectonics.

Answer 4

If I remember right, tetonic plates engage in continential drift. Seems our continent is made up of plates that are drifting. IF I remember right.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_Tectonics