根据一项新研究，沿地壳构造板块边缘的地震带远比缺乏活动的地带更可能产生伟大的远古文明，研究者称这种联系说明通常被视为破坏性的地质能量，比如地震，在人类历史中或许也起过建设性作用。
Researchers say the relationship suggests that forces typically viewed as destructive--such as earthquakes--might have also played a constructive role in human history.
沙莰基隆起形成于三个地质板块的的交叉点上，通常被科学家称为三向连接的地质构造。那里的地壳很薄，带有靠近海面的岩浆。
Shatsky Rise formed at the intersection of three tectonic plates, known as a triple junction, where the crust is thin, with magma coming from near the surface.
在加拉帕戈斯裂谷，两地质板块下面的火山活动使地壳更新。
At the Galapagos Rift, volcanic activity beneath two geologic plates renews the earth's crust.
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