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Origin and Evolution of Earth: Research Questions for a Changing Planet Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations AU astronomical unit CAI calcium-, aluminum-rich inclusion Ga billion years ago GPS Global Positioning System InSAR interferometric synthetic aperture radar M magnitude Ma million years ago THMC thermal-hydrological-mechanical-chemical WFPC2 Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2

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