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What makes Earth's surface move? Could the surface drive man 
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Post What makes Earth's surface move? Could the surface drive man
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Do tectonic plates move because of motion in the Earth's mantle, or is the mantle driven by the plates' movement? Or could it be that this question is ill-posed? This is the point of view adopted by scientists who regard the solid Earth as a single system. According to their simulations, the surface mainly drives the mantle, although changes occur over time.

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