Assertion: lithosphere's plate | /r/CapableOf | have accreted onto other plates
Facets:
value: to form larger plates
type: PURPOSE
value: over the intervening years
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the history of Earth many tectonic plates have come into existence and have over the intervening years either accreted onto other plates to form larger plates, rifted into smaller plates, or have been crushed by or subducted under other plates (or have done all three).