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Even at close range within the Solar System, different terrestrial bodies display a broad variety of tectonic and volcanic features. These reflect the manner in which each body has cooled and shed its heat to the surrounding universe. Despite their differences, other bodies such as Io and Venus provide clues to how the Earth behaved in the past and how it will behave in the future. Moreover, each world illustrates how different planets (and possibly life) beyond the Solar System may evolve.
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Boninite is an unusual silica and magnesium-rich rock formed in the earliest stages of subduction-related magmatism. The example from the Lau basin is the only identified contemporary terrestrial eruption of its kind.
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