本刊2002年第9期发表《中国人的发现推动了板块构造》一文后,收到一些读者的来电,商谈有关板块构造的问题。读者认为,板块构造理论不是大地构造学说的唯一理论。事实的确如此,自19世纪以来,学术界出现了许多种大地构造的假说,但就目前看来,板块构造学说为解释地球地质作用和现象提供了极有成效的模式,是当代最有影响力的全球构造理论。 The publication of No. 9, 2002 issue of “Chinese discovery to promote the plate structure,” a text, received a number of readers call to discuss issues related to plate structure. The reader believes that plate tectonics theory is not the only theory of tectonics. Indeed, since the 19th century there have been many hypotheses of tectonics in the academic world, but tectonic plates now provide the most powerful model for explaining the geo-geology and phenomena of the earth, Global tectonic theory.