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"Earth is the only planet we know of with continents..." -- links to a paper comparing Earth with only the inner rocky planets of our own solar system and citin
by gcanyon 4y ago
"Earth is the only planet we know of with continents..." -- links to a paper comparing Earth with only the inner rocky planets of our own solar system and citing other planet's lack of water, and therefore granite.
I think that intro sentence is implying a lot more than the paper it cites is stating.
Paper cited: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/GL010i011p01061 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/GL01...