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    Exam 1: A First Look at Planet Earth - Its Origins, Systems, and Tectonic Plates
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    Why Don't Continental Plates Subduct into the Underlying Mantle
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Why Don't Continental Plates Subduct into the Underlying Mantle

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Why don't continental plates subduct into the underlying mantle?

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