当大陆板块漂移到热点上方，来自地球深层涌出的物质便形成了巨大的圆顶状隆起物。
When a continental plate come to rest over a hot spot, the material rising from deeper layers creates a broad dome.
地球内部因放射而产生的热量为板块运动、大陆漂移、造山运动和地震提供了能量。
Earth's internal heat, fueled by radioactivity, provides the energy for plate tectonics and continental drift, mountain building, and earthquakes.
为什么要煞费苦心地拿板块学说和大陆漂移来进行类比？
Why this elaborate analogy with plate tectonics and continental drift?
科学家发现，板块构造不仅能够解释大陆的漂移，而且能够解释地震的成因。
Scientists realized that plate tectonics might explain not only the drifting apart of continents but also the cause of earthquakes.
泛大陆在大约2亿年前解体，北美板块和非洲板块漂移开来，形成的张裂盆地最终形成了大西洋。
The North American plate and the African plate drifted apart, leaving a fissured basin that eventually became the Atlantic Ocean.
新生代板块构造旋回早期藏南—印度古陆从冈瓦纳大陆裂解出来，从南半球向赤道漂移；
During early Mesozoic—Cenozoic cycle, south Tibetan—Indo protocontinent was disintegrated from the Gondwana, drifting toward the equator from southern hemisphere;
新生代板块构造旋回早期藏南—印度古陆从冈瓦纳大陆裂解出来，从南半球向赤道漂移；
During early Mesozoic—Cenozoic cycle, south Tibetan—Indo protocontinent was disintegrated from the Gondwana, drifting toward the equator from southern hemisphere;
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