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| Guest |
 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:03 pm |
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Earth's surface is a very active place; its plates are forever
jiggling around, rearranging themselves into new configurations.
Continents collide and mountains arise, oceans slide beneath
continents and volcanoes spew.
http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/n302.html
As far as we know Earth's restless surface is unique to the planets in
our solar system. So what is it that keeps Earth's plates oiled and on
the move? Answers this ... |
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| mirage |
| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:01 pm |
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On Aug 14, 10:03 am, anthonyjames....@gmail.com wrote:
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As far as we know Earth's restless surface is unique to the planets in
our solar system. So what is it that keeps Earth's plates oiled and on
the move? Answers this ...
That's the point. They're not oiled. If they slipped smoothly there
wouldn't be earthquakes.
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| Weatherlawyer |
| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:31 pm |
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On Aug 14, 8:01 pm, mirage <mjohnso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Quote: On Aug 14, 10:03 am, anthonyjames....@gmail.com wrote:
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As far as we know Earth's restless surface is unique to the planets in
our solar system. So what is it that keeps Earth's plates oiled and on
the move? Answers this ...
That's the point. They're not oiled. If they slipped smoothly there
wouldn't be earthquakes.
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correct number of verbs, nouns and adjectives (not necessarily in the
right order.)
This year we got Anthony James.
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