Baylor College Medical School
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Why is Earth not getting larger even though new lithosphere is constantly being added at the oceanic ridges?
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Cadence j #354846
The earth is big enough already.
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jill d #170087
Evidence can be found that the earth isn't growing or shrinking in the fact that the production and destruction of the lithosphere is occurring at the same rate. Thus, when the lithosphere experiences growth in one area, it is experiencing destruction in another.
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Cadence j #354846
lithosphere is occurring at the same rate.
