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KA-BOOM! Scientists Solve Mystery Of Earths Tectonic Plates Scientists have long known that the?Earths crust consists of at least 15 tectonic plates--continent-sized?slabs of rock on the surface of the Earth?that shift about to create mountains, volcanoes, and earthquake zones. But the exact mechanism by which the plates move has remained a mystery. Until now. A new study suggests that the plates glide about on a six-mile-thick hidden channel of soft rock located between the?base of the plates and the upper portion of the Earths mantle?(the layer of molten rock above the planets core), Live Sc