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Plate Tectonics Began Three Billion Years Ago

Plate tectonics are a planet’s way of showing an observer it's “alive.” Without the formation and destruction of a continental and oceanic crust, our Earth would not have volcanic features, terrestrial land masses for life to colonize, or even a complex atmosphere.

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