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Huge rise in temperatures may cause Earth's tectonic plates to halt
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The Hindustan Times
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April 21, 2008
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London, April 21 -- In a hypothetical scenario, scientists have suggested that for the Earth's tectonic plates to jam, a huge rise in atmospheric temperatures would do the trick, causing continents to grind to a halt, mountains to stop growing and earthquakes to cease.
According to a report in New Scientist, Adrian Lenardic of Rice University in Houston, Texas, and colleagues developed a model demonstrating this particular scenario.
On Earth, the motion of magma in the mantle pushes continental plates around on the surface, but if the magma became too hot and runny it would lose the grip ...
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