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Record 1 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

Thick continental crust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
CONT

Dans leurs mouvements respectifs, les plaques continentales subissent également des mouvements verticaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica de placas
CONT

Esta cantidad invariante de metales en menas se distribuye en dos geosferas, o sistemas fisicoquímicos. La geosfera más externa es una capa delgada y extremadamente reactiva, cercana a la superficie terrestre. En ella están incluidas la atmósfera, la biosfera, la hidrosfera, la litosfera y la astenosfera, en la que se mueven las placas continentales y las oceánicas.

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