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    UCLA scientist discovers plate tectonics on Mars

    For years, many scientists had thought that plate tectonics existed nowhere in our solar system but on Earth. Now, a UCLA scientist has discovered that the geological phenomenon, which involves the movement of huge crustal plates beneath a planet's surface, also exists on Mars.
    29 Oct 2012
    29 Oct 2012
    UCLA scientist discovers plate tectonics on Mars
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    'Mars is at a primitive stage of plate tectonics. It gives us a glimpse of how the early Earth may have looked and may help us understand how plate tectonics began on Earth,' said An Yin, a UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences and the sole author of the new research. Read the rest of the article.

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