Plate tectonics (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Plate tectonics

Caption

New research indicates that mobile plate tectonics—thought to be necessary for the creation of a habitable planet — was not occurring on Earth 3.9 billion years ago.

Credit

University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw

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