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• TITLE: The earth dynamic system: the earth rotation vs mantle convection

  AUTHORS: Shuping Chen

  KEYWORDS: Plate Tectonics; Earth Rotation;Mantle Convection; Global Dynamics

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.2 No.12, December 28, 2010

  ABSTRACT: The earth dynamic system is one of the key scientific questions on the earth science. The thermodynamic behavior and gravity force of the earth and the rheology nature of the mantle prove that mantle convection is the main power source leading the lithosphere to break and move. Yet the directivity of both the structures in the crust and plate movement reminds of the earth rotation. Here we demonstrate that the mantle convection and inertia force of the earth rotation affect each other, the former being the power source of lithosphere plate break and motion, and the latter determining the direction of the mantle convection and plate motion. The sense of plate motion depends on the mantle upwells, whose trends are controlled by the earth rotation. The geometric shapes of the plate boundaries can adjust the direction of plate movement.