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Earth is the only rocky body with plate tectonics.
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Is it true that Earth is the only rocky body with plate tectonics?
Unclear. Several sources state that Earth is the only planet in our solar system (or the only known planet) with plate tectonics, while noting other rocky bodies show tectonic deformation or may have had or could develop plate tectonics. None settles whether Earth is the only rocky body in the universe with plate tectonics.
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Plate tectonics - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics
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Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth. (2020). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103172
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What properties must a rocky body possess in order to exhibit plate tectonics?. (2014). earthscience.stackexchange.com. https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/996/what-properties-must-a-rocky-body-possess-in-order-to-exhibit-plate-tectonics
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M., J., B., K., & S., X. (2014). A PILOT SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF EXTRASOLAR EARTH-ANALOG PLATE TECTONICS. inis.iaea.org. https://inis.iaea.org/records/756he-vtj89
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Hadean/Eoarchean tectonics and mantle mixing induced by impacts: a three-dimensional study. (n.d.). researchsquare.com. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1036346/latest.pdf
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LibreTexts: 4.02%3A Earth Characteristics. (n.d.). phys.libretexts.org. https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology/Astrobiology_(Fischer_Sheffield_Tan_and_Zhao)/04%3A_The_Search_for_Life_in_Our_Solar_System/4.02%3A_Earth_Characteristics
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Christian, K., K., B. P., A.M., C. Ş., & C., S. S. (2020). Principles of structural geology on rocky planets. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-dvdp-7n70
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