| H | H | The
Evolution of the Planet Earth Rothschild and Lister |
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| "Liquid
water is the crucial difference between
Earth and the other planets. Liquid
water enables the plate system to operate.
Liquid water
is needed to make subduction zones operate, to create granitoid
intrusions, and andesite volcanoes, and to maintain the
continents. If liquid water were lost, carbon dioxide would degas, the plate system would probably be replaced by a plume-led system and the world would be a very different place, either Venus-like or, ultimately Mars-like." |
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