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Kickstarting Tectonics
The Mountain Mystery. tells the story of how (most) geologists and geophysicists finally agreed that plate tectonics moves the continents, opens ocean basins, and scrunches crust into mountains. But what started the tectonic motion? Most of us assume that the scheme … Continue reading
Posted in History, How Geophysics Works
Tagged asteroids, convection, Dietz, drift, geophysics, Harry Hess, Lord Kelvin
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