Continental drift speeds up (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Continental drift speeds up

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Graphic showing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (red line) and how melting ice from Greenland caused changes in the motion of Earth's crust (purple arrows).

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Tao Yuan and Shijie Zhong

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