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The Earth's tectonic plates. [1]

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Tectonic plates of the Earth. From wikipedia.en, retrieved from USGS site: http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/slabs.html

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I uploaded a larger image made from the original illustrator file. —Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 02:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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