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5 Crustal Structure and Crustal Movement The problem of crustal movement is that of the struggle between the different aspects of both internal and external contradictions of the earth. The earths crust constitutes but a thin veneer of the whole earths structure. Its formation is resulted from the following factors: first, those from outside the earth’s crust, e.g., the atmosphere that envelops the solid crust, the sun and the moon, as well as various radiations from the stars may all have exerted some effect on it. Besides, the interstellar dust and meteoritic materials, and the kind falling