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2.2.3. Pressure

Just like temperature and density and pressure too increase with increase in depth inside the earth. Some earth scientists believe that due to the weight of the overlying layers the pressure goes on increasing with depth and others think that materials of the interior of the earth are heavier since birth of the earth. The happenings due to change in pressure inside the earth affect the physical features on the surface of the earth.