Crystallography pioneer earth's crust

What are the theories regarding the evolution of the earth's crust?
Plate Tectonic Theory
The evolution of Earth's crust according to plate tectonics involved the formation of new oceanic crust at ridges, subduction of oceanic crust at trenches, and collision of continental plates.
This leads to the assembly and breakup of supercontinents over time..
Tectonic shift is the movement of the plates that make up Earth's crust.
The Earth is made up of roughly a dozen major plates and several minor plates.
Water trapped inside minerals erupted with lava, a process called “outgassing.” As more water was outgassed, the mantle solidified.
Materials that initially stayed in their liquid phase during this process, called “incompatible elements,” ultimately became Earth's brittle crust.

Niels Steensen was born in Copenhagen on New Year's Day 1638 ( Julian calendar)

During his stay in Amsterdam, Steensen discovered a previously undescribed structure

Steensen's questioning mind also influenced his religious views. Having been brought up in the Lutheran faith

After his death in 1686, Steensen was venerated as a saint in the diocese of Hildesheim

Steensen's life and work has been studied, in particular in relation to the developments in geology in the late nineteenth century

What are the theories regarding the evolution of the earth's crust?