How much do you think the continental crust weighs?
It would appear the continental crust has buoyancy. Perhaps continental crust is as weightless with respect to the liquids it floats on as a rubber ball is with respect to water.
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What is the cooefficient of friction (static and kinetic) between Crust and Magma.
Unknown variables.
Dry surfaces
1. For low surface pressures the friction is directly proportional to the pressure between the surfaces. As the pressure rises the friction factor rises slightly. At very high pressure the friction factor then quickly increases to seizing
2. For low surface pressures the coefficient of friction is independent of surface area.
3. At low velocities the friction is independent of the relative surface velocity.
At higher velocities the coefficent of friction decreases.
Well lubricated surfaces
1. The friction resistance is almost independent of the specific pressure between the surfaces.
2. At low pressures the friction varies directly as the relative surface speed
3. At high pressures the friction is high at low velocities falling as the velocity increases to a minimum at about 0,6m/s. The friction then rises in proportion the velocity 2.
4. The friction is not so dependent of the surface materials
5. The friction is related to the temperature which affects the viscosity of the lubricant
http://www.roymech.co.uk/Useful_Tables/ ... _frict.htm
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What is the static friction which would need to be countered in order to put the crust into motion.
Same problem unknown variables
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How much energy would this generate?
Unknown
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Now that we have the applied force we can calculate kinetic friction.
Yes, but that will do little good if we can not demonstrate clearly that the applies force can be known
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What is the energy generated by this motion?
IT would have to be the same as the energy used to generate the motion
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What is the volume of water in the Atlantic Ocean at this time?
Unknown
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We can assume a less than 10km wide crack in the earth.
I would say it would be safe to assume a much much smaller crack than that
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