Earth's internal heat, fueled by radioactivity, provides the energy for plate tectonics and continental drift, mountain building, and earthquakes.

地球内部因放射而产生的热量为板块运动、大陆漂移、造山运动和地震提供了能量。

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Why this elaborate analogy with plate tectonics and continental drift?

为什么要煞费苦心地拿板块学说和大陆漂移来进行类比？

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The building is clad in a stone rain screen that defines the building's tectonics and references the historic fort on campus.

该建筑覆盖着石质雨幕，限定了建筑构造，并且参照了校园古堡的形式。

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Plate tectonics is the area of science that explains why the surface of the Earth changes and how those changes cause earthquakes.

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The Earth is just too unusual a place, they insisted, with its stable orbit, nearby moon, watery surface, plate tectonics and unique position in the galaxy.

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"It will enable us to say something really definitive about the tectonics and geology of the region, which is something nobody has been able to do before, " Lloyd said.

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This unusual approach gives Mr Pohl the freedom to delve into an extraordinarily diverse range of topics, including the operation of neutrino observatories, the physics of rainbows, the principles of plate tectonics, and how to search for fossils in your office's marble lobby.

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