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Old 14-October-2007, 11:48 PM
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Is there a timescale over which a planet which is just under the limit for mobile plate tectonics will become no longer geologically active? If earth had might have been slightly smaller it may have already become inactive. Now, is continuing geologic activity required to maintain the biosphere?
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