Earth’s Plates May Take a Break
JAN 07, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021818
ScienceNow : Time and tide may wait for no man, but continents occasionally do. That’s the conclusion of a study published today in Science, which finds that the inexorable drift of Earth’s tectonic plates isn’t inexorable at all. In fact, the planet could be headed for another pause in continental drift, with uncertain and possibly ominous consequences.
© 2008 American Institute of Physics
