New explanation for origin of plate tectonics: What set Earth's plates in motion?

Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 05:02 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Geologists have a new explanation for the origin of plate tectonics. Researchers suggest it was triggered by the spreading of early continents then it eventually became a self-sustaining process.

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