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Do plates and crustal plates differ?

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Plates and Crustal plates are not different it can also be called as Crustal rocks

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The difference of tectonic plates and crustal plates?
There is no difference in the common usage of these terms.
What is a crustal plate?
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly hope this REALLY heps, sorry the last answer did not make any sense.by: friendly :)
What is the map of the crustal plates?
check this link out http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=tectonic+plates&spell=1
How do crustal plate came to existence?
They are the solid crustal rock floating on the top of a mantle convection cell. They formed the same way slag forms on the tops of convection cells in the molten metal in a smelter furnace. Sections...
What can we do to stop the movement of the crustal plates?
Nothing. We can only act to minimise the consequences of crustal plate movement (e.g. earthquakes or volcanoes) by designing and constructing earthquake resitant buildings and other infrastructure in...