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===Role of water=== The role of water has been proposed to be crucial in plate tectonics on Earth.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AGUFM.U21A..09S/abstract | bibcode=2001AGUFM.U21A..09S | title=The role of liquid water in maintaining plate tectonics and the regulation of surface temperature | last1=Solomatov | first1=V. S. | journal=AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts | date=2001 | volume=2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmc=5394257 | date=2017 | last1=Tikoo | first1=S. M. | last2=Elkins-Tanton | first2=L. T. | title=The fate of water within Earth and super-Earths and implications for plate tectonics | journal=Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences | volume=375 | issue=2094 | doi=10.1098/rsta.2015.0394 | pmid=28416729 | bibcode=2017RSPTA.37550394T }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://phys.org/news/2013-06-lubricant-reassessment-role-plate-tectonics.html |title=Water is no lubricant: Reassessment of the role of water in plate tectonics |author=Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |website=Phys.org |date=12 June 2013 |access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref>
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