The Central Orogenic Belt originally consisted of a series of microplates plus two rows of micro_oceans of different stages located respectively to the south and north of the microplates.

中央造山带原型是由一列微板块加上分别位于其北面和南面的两列不同时期的小洋盆组成。

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At medium spreading speeds, the team has caught glimpses of structures similar to rotating microplates.

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Now, Dr Bodenschatz has discovered, his waxy microplates also fit neatly into that model.

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This barred scientists from using microplates in space, where researchers prize the absence of gravity for its insights into how crystals, bacteria and drug agents behave.

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