Coal deposties have been found in Antarctica. How do these deposits provide evidence for plate tectonics?

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Coal deposties have been found in Antarctica. How do these deposits provide evidence for plate tectonics?

2006-12-05 12:53:52 · 3 answers · asked by dancinkellybalen 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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Coal is made from old plant material. Plants do not live in Antarctica (very, very few). The coal could have been formed when the plate was in a more hospitable environment and moved to the poles by plate movement.

2006-12-05 13:08:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Coal also only forms in swampy, marshy, hot locations, like in Florida. Therefore, for there to be coal in Antarctica, the same conditions must have applied. So either everywhere in the world was subtropical (impossible) or Antarctica has moved.

2006-12-07 00:57:53 · answer #2 · answered by Cassie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

They don't. They provide evidence for the wandering of the poles.

2006-12-06 13:26:07 · answer #3 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋