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Heat flow inside earth depends on size of plates
Aug 14 2007, AMIT

Plate tectonics has puzzled scientists and geologists for long. More baffling is the drive mechanism of the plates. Is it the convection currents that drive the plates? How is heat generation varies at times?

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