Polar wander
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'Polar wander' is the phenomenon in which the North and South Poles of the Earth move with respect to the continents. This motion can be divided into two components, that due to continental drift (in which the continents move over the mantle), and true polar wander, in which the mantle and the crust rotate together into new orientations.
