Earth's surface is not made up of a single sheet of rock that forms a crust but rather a number of "tectonic plates" that fit closely, like the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle.

地球表面并不是由构成地壳的单块岩石构成，而是许多紧密相连的“构造板块”，像一块巨大的拼图。

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Chen said that warmer ocean waters may have triggered the melting by seeping under the ice sheet and making it slide more easily over the rock it rests on.

陈建力指出，海水变暖可能导致海水渗入冰盖下面，使冰盖上部更容易失去支撑而滑入水域，从而引发冰盖的消融。

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The gneissic granite intruded the country rock of Taihua Group as sheet is not mixed granite but magmatic granite, its lithology is simple relatively.

片麻状花岗岩岩性相对单调，它以岩席楔入式侵入太华群围岩，是岩浆型而非混合型花岗岩。

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The storm did cause construction setbacks some sheet rock will have to be torn out and replaced, and construction lifts were damaged.

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Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the explosion, which leveled the house, scattered lumber, sheet rock and insulation and shattered windows at surrounding homes.

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