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by bubbling hot magma in the earth's inner core, erupting from volcanoes and causing earthquakes which cause the crustal plates to move.
What else can I help you with?
How many plates are in the crustal plates?
There are 14 crustal plates on the earth.
What is the evidence for the existence of crustal plates?
Worldwide, the mountains are the evidence of crustal plates.
How have crustal plates moved over time?
Molten magma from the mantle rises at the top oceanic ridge, cools and solidifies, continually forming a crustal plate. Hundreds to thousands of miles from the ridge the plate moves downward into the mantle at the contact with another plate and melts. The continuous process resembling a large "conveyor belt" moves the crustal plate a few centimeters each year.
Movement of the crustal plate?
The movement of crustal plates is driven by convection currents in the mantle. As these currents circulate, they drag the overlying crustal plates with them, causing them to move. This movement can lead to various geological phenomena, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the formation of mountain ranges.
How do scientists think earths crust moves?
The crustal plates (made mostly of low density granitic rock) float on the mantle (made mostly of high density basaltic rock). Convection cells in the mantle move the floating crustal plates around.
Do plates and crustal plates differ?
No, plates and crustal plates are the same thing. They refer to the large, rigid sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move around on the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them. These plates are made up of both oceanic and continental crust and are responsible for the movement of continents and the formation of geological features like mountains and earthquakes.
What crustal feature will form when two crustal plates move together?
a fault
When is the last movement of the crustal plate?
The crustal plates are in constant motion, there is no last movement
Where does crustal plates float?
the plates float on top of the upper mantle
What do crustal plates carry?
seafloor
Can tectonic plates known as crustle plates?
Yes, tectonic plates are also known as crustal plates.
Which crustal plates is the Philippines on?
pacific plate
