Forecasts of future continental motion developed slowly as offshoots of the theory of plate tectonics, which won acceptance in the1960 s and1970 s, shattering old dogmas of continental immobility.

• 预测未来大陆块的动态，渐渐发展成地板构造论的分支，在1960和1970年代成为定论，并粉碎大陆块静止不动的旧说。