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Stop and go.(EARTH SCIENCE)(tectonic plates)(Brief article)

A new study is changing scientists' understanding of Earth's surface. For nearly 50 years, geologists have described Earth's surface as being like a giant conveyor belt: It is made up of huge slabs of rock called plates that slowly move across the planet.

This plate motion shapes Earth's surface. It creates valleys when two plates move apart and ...

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