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What are the forces that drives the tectonic plates of the earth?
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∙ 7y ago
There are many possible forces or mechanism associated by continental movement.include;
- sea-floor spreading
- thermal plume phenomena
- slab-push at mid oceanic ridge.
- slab-pull at subduction zone
Note that all this mechanism work together
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoConvection-currents in the Mantle, and spreading-ridge pressure from the emerging basalt along constructive plate boundaries. The processes come under the general heading of 'Plate Tectonics'.
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∙ 9y agoDissipation of heat from the mantel is the original source of energy that causes tectonic plates and continents to move.
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∙ 7y agoThermal convection currents in the solid but plastic mantle rock on which the plates float.
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∙ 15y agoHeat convection currents from the Earth's interior.
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∙ 13y agotectonic plates
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What force occurs where Earth's plates are moving apart?
Tectonic forces (earthquakes, volcanoes...)
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What region of the earth contains tectonic plates?
the crust contains the tectonic plates!!
What drives the process of plate teconics?
Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates of the Earth to move slowly. Mantle convection is when heat moves from the mantle to the surface and causes the mantle, and the tectonic plates to move very slowly.
The Earth's tectonic plates are in constant motion due to several factors Temperature and density differences in the plates cause push and pull forces that move the plates?
The volcanic activey under the crust causes the tectonic plates to move
What caused the shifting earth?
Convection in the earth's mantle drives the movement of the tectonic plates.
What layer of the earth drives the tectonic plates into motion?
All layers of the Earth are moving, in some fashion.
What force occurs where Earth's plates are moving apart?
Tectonic forces (earthquakes, volcanoes...)
What are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates
What are the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of earth called?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
What do you call the pieces of the Earth's crust?
The different pieces that the Earth's crust is broken into are known as tectonic plates.
What region of the earth contains tectonic plates?
the crust contains the tectonic plates!!
What forces below earth surface shape landforms?
The tectonic plates below earths surface shape earths landforms
What is earth tectonic activities?
It is when Earth's tectonic plates move around.
What is the mechanism called that moves or drives the tectonic plates across the surface of the earth?
The way tectonic plates move is by the heat from the core that goes up to the mantle which pushes up the rock and pushes them together to form tectonic plates. Later the tectonic plates slowly go back down until the heat of the core reaches the mantle once again.
What drives the process of plate teconics?
Mantle convection causes the tectonic plates of the Earth to move slowly. Mantle convection is when heat moves from the mantle to the surface and causes the mantle, and the tectonic plates to move very slowly.
The Earth's tectonic plates are in constant motion due to several factors Temperature and density differences in the plates cause push and pull forces that move the plates?
The volcanic activey under the crust causes the tectonic plates to move
