go shopping Inspector Cumulative does oil lubricate the tectonic plates Tick Piping butterfly
USGS on Twitter: "@dgold940 Water in subducting rock lowers melting point at depth, creating the magma that rises to the surface. No oceans, no tectonics!" / Twitter
Does taking oil (as a lubricant) out of earth has anything to do with these earthquakes? : r/shittyaskscience
Flash Heating May Lubricate Rubbing Rock Faces in Earthquakes - Eos
Soil eroded by glaciers may have kick-started plate tectonics
Geophysicists find a layer of liquefied rock in the Earth's mantle that acts as a lubricant for tectonic plates