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Vol.2, No.12, 1333-1340 (2010) Natural Science doi:10.4236/ns.2010.212162 The earth dynamic system: the earth rotation vs mantle convection* Shuping Chen1,2 1State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China; 2College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China; csp21c@163.com Received 18 September 2010; revised 20 October 2010; accepted 25 October 2010. ABSTRACT tions [4]. The questions are where the dynamic force comes from and what element controls the directivity. The earth dynamic system is one of the key Several hypotheses of the earth dynamics once emerged scientific questions on the earth science. The in the earth science, such as the earth expanding hy- thermodynamic behavior and gravity force of pothesis, the earth contracting hypothesis, the earth the earth and the rheology nature of the mantle pulsing hypothesis, the earth rotation angular speed al- prove that mantle convection is the main power ternating hypothesis, mantle convection hypothesis, et al. source leading the lithosphere to break and move. Yet the directivity of both the structures [8]. The plate tectonics hold the mantle convection to be in t