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  • Sajan sarthak thankyou
    Rigity of plate is an essential condition for plate tectonics because aesthenosphere is fluid in nature so it convects and above that rigid lithosphere floats. So if we go back...
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  • Rahul pandey Best Answer
    Answer (A) Rigidity of plates; Rigidity of lithospheric plate is essential condition for plate tectonics. Buoyancy of plate and fluid composition have no relavance with plate tecto...
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    Rahul pandey
    You are talking about the buoyancy of crust. Tectonic plates are crust as well as part of upper mantle. The buoyancy difference of oceanic and continental crust isn't significant a...
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