The theory of plate tectonics describes the motions of the lithosphere, the comparatively rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes all the crust and part of the underlying mantle. The lithosphere(

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Plate Tectonics By Marilyn Christiano Broadcast: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Science in the News, in VOA Special English. I'm Sarah Long. Graphic Image

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - The Moving Story of Plate Tectonics FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Scientists who study the Earth tell us the continents and ocean floors ar

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In 2001, a team from Tel Aviv University argued that B. permians were almost identical to a strain of modern bacteria, Bacillus marismortui, found in the Dead Sea. 2001年,以色列特拉维夫大学的一个小组认为,二叠纪芽孢杆菌与一

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Earth is alone among the rocky planets in having tectonics, and why this should be is a bit of a mystery. It is not simply a matter of size or densityVenus is nearly a twin of Earth in these respects and yet has no tectonic activity. It is thoughttho

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Australia, meanwhile, has been tilting and sinking. Over the past 100 million years as it has drifted north toward Asia, its leading edge has sunk by some six hundred feet. It appears that Indonesia is very slowly drowning, and dragging Australia dow

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