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What are tectonic plates ? |
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Answer» According to this theory, the crust(upper part) of the earth has been formed out of Seven major some mirror plates the movement of the plates results in the building yp of stresses within the plates and the contential rock above, leading to folding, faulting and volcanic activity while some plates towards each other and form divergent boundary In the event of two plates coming together they may either colloid, and crumble or one may slide under the others and form transform boundary The movement of these plates habe charged the position and size of the continents over million of years. Such movement have also influenced the revolution of the present landform feature of india Tectonic plates is a irregularly shaped slab of solid rock.or it can also be defined as pieces of Earth\'s crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. |
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