Earth, Our Environment - Class Notes
Chapter 1, The Changing Planet - 02
Elementary Earth Structure

To understand plate tectonics and to set up some common terminology for our discussions, we must review some basic facts about Earth.

Generally, we describe the "first-order" structure of Earth using two classifications:


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