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Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth's deepest mystery.
The oldest known bit of oceanic crust, located in the Mediterranean, dates to just 340 million years ago, making it far too young to be useful for pinpointing when plate tectonics arose.
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The Mediterranean Sea could completely disappear as new supercontinent forms
As two of Earth’s great tectonic plates crash together in super slow motion, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of the planet in the distant future, IFL Science reported.
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We are finally getting to grips with how plate tectonics started
Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully ...
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The Mediterranean Sea May Vanish Someday, Just As It Did Before
Like all beautiful things, the Mediterranean Sea isn’t going to be around forever. As two of Earth’s great tectonic plates crash together in super slow motion, there's a strong chance the ...
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Plate tectonic theory – WJEC
such as the Campi Flegrei volcano in Italy - where the Eurasian plate and the African Atlantic plate are moving towards each other along the Mediterranean sea.