> For example, we now know that the mantle and outer lithosphere
> rotate one more day per year than the core does, and it is this slippage between
> the layers that makes the earth behave like a big electric generator, with the
> core being the rotor, and the mantle being the stator.
Sorry, I'm a little backwards here, its the core that rotates one more day per year
than the mantle/crust, as the moon's tidal forces apply greater torque to the outer
layers than to the innner layers..... sorry for the confusion folks, though I'm sure
somebody has already corrected me....
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