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What are the main causes of convection currents in the asthenosphere?
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What are the two main causes for Harry Hess' mid ocean ridge?
it is formed from convection currents.
What are the three processes that cause tectonic plates to move?
Three processes that contribute to the motion of tectonic plates are convection currents, ridge push, and slab pull. Convection currents is when the mantle rises, cools, sinks and heats, then rises and repeats the cycle. Ridge push is a gravitational force that causes a plate to move. Slab pull is the movement of tectonic plate lithosphere due to convection currents in the asthenosphere.
What is the main cause of surface currents in earth's ocean?
I think that the whether that hits the water
What will happen to your main ocean currents if they stop?
What will happen if the convection currents stopped we will stop getting volcanoes, earthquake, mountains, jelly fish in the ocean, we wouldn't be able to have an thing filled with water, or even boil water.
How do plate tectonics move?
Tectonic plates are segments of the Earth's lithosphere, the hard rocky outer shell composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle. This shell is divided by lines of faults, ridges of plate creation, and zones of plate destruction. All in all, there are roughly 30 tectonic plates which cover the entire surface of the planet. Plates can be composed of oceanic crust, continental crust, or a combination of both. Plate movements occur because the layer of Earth directly below the lithosphere, the asthenosphere, is hot enough, and under enough lithostatic pressure to prevent its melting, that it can deform without fracture. And although convection of heat does play a role in the movement of lithospheric plates, the convection currents themselves may be caused by gravity, which induces the sinking of older dense slabs of oceanic crust at subduction zones (a process known as 'slab pull'). The energy driving all of these processes is heat from the interior of the Earth derived from radioactive decay and residual heat from Earth's formation, and gravity which results in slab pull and push.
What are the main causes of convection in the asthenosphere?
Density and tempurature.
What are the two main causes for Harry Hess' mid ocean ridge?
it is formed from convection currents.
What is the main way what is transferred in the troposphere?
Convection Currents
What is the main cause of surface currents in earth?
convection
What is thought to be the main reason for plate movement?
Convection currents
What is the main way heat is transferred in the troposphere?
Convection Currents
What is thought to be main reason for plate movement?
Convection currents
What is the main way heat is transfer in the troposphere?
Convection Currents
What is the main way heat is transfered in the troposphere?
Convection Currents
Which natural process is the main cause of ocean currents?
convection
What is the main way heat is transferred in the troposphere'?
Convection Currents
What are the three processes that cause tectonic plates to move?
Three processes that contribute to the motion of tectonic plates are convection currents, ridge push, and slab pull. Convection currents is when the mantle rises, cools, sinks and heats, then rises and repeats the cycle. Ridge push is a gravitational force that causes a plate to move. Slab pull is the movement of tectonic plate lithosphere due to convection currents in the asthenosphere.
