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We know from dense worldwide seismometer networks that the plate tectonic engine, the primary driver of earthquakes, has not meaningfully changed over our lifetime. But for geologic processes, which operate on the scale of thousands or millions of years, that’s no time at all. To understand the deeper past, geologists must dig into a…
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