Crustal motion and adaption to the Earth's profile

Just to clarify a point made in another thread -

"As the tectonic plates move along the planetary profile which is not
a perfect sphere ( setting aside the internal mechanism for a moment )
there should hardly be any argument as to the distortion of surface
features via this factor alone."

I should have added that the adaption of the moving plates from one
geodesic to another across the Earth's deviation from a perfect sphere
would most likely be experienced as intraplate events.I would assume
that it would appeal to those who require a mechanism to explain
features beyond the scope of interplate action.


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