Rice researchers find evidence of true polar wander
October 07, 2026
October 07, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 7 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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Rice researchers find evidence of true polar wander
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On Earth, everything is moving. The planet spins, the tectonic plates shift and the spin axis wobbles as do the magnetic poles, which makes determining how things move a rather tricky proposition. For Rice University's Richard Gordon, this problem came up when he was trying to understand the history of th . . .
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Rice researchers find evidence of true polar wander
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On Earth, everything is moving. The planet spins, the tectonic plates shift and the spin axis wobbles as do the magnetic poles, which makes determining how things move a rather tricky proposition. For Rice University's Richard Gordon, this problem came up when he was trying to understand the history of th . . .