Richard Gordon, Rice University (IMAGE)

Rice University

Richard Gordon, Rice University

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Richard Gordon and his colleagues have just put the finishing touches on a 20-year effort to precisely describe the relative movements of the interlocking tectonic plates that make up about 97 percent of Earth's surface.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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