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Re:3D model of Earth plates by tboyd47 on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @09:13AM (#13652087)
Look at the second-to-last image and count how many arrows are pointing outward from the plate boundaries as opposed to inward. Shouldn't you see an equal number of outward and inward arrows? Or is this just a poor visualization?
Re:3D model of Earth plates by brudgers on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @10:40AM (#13652709)
I think if the forces were balanced, then the plates would not be moving and storing potential energy. The revolutionary idea of Plate Tectonics was modeling the earth as a large scale dynamic system.