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  • 13-09-2018
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how fast are the earths tectonic plates moving on average

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madisonsearson
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  • 13-09-2018

About 2 to 5 centimeters per year (1 to 2 inches per year), about the same speed that your fingernails grow. We know, then, that the outermost part of Earth consists of a series of large slabs (tectonic plates; lithospheric plates) that move slowly over the globe, powered by flow in the interior mantle

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