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This will be in detail for your information. 3 driving forces of plate motion...one plate moves underneath the other or a continental collision (if the 2... cause the gravitational sliding of lithosphere plates away from them...
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoConvection currents in the mantle and gravity (due to the processes of ridge push and slab pull).
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∙ 10y agoConvection
Ridge Push
Slab Pull
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∙ 8y agobasal drag, ridge push and slab pull are the three forces that work together to cause plate motions.
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∙ 12y agoRidge push, convection, slab pull.
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What is the process called that causes the tectonic plates to move?
Its more ov a movement really not a process. Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the mantle.
Do all the tectonic plates move in the same direction?
No, they do not. The tectonic plates grind and scrape against others, witch causes earthquakes
I am part of lithosphere but you move around on top of the asthenosphere?
The answer is Tectonic Plates
Why do tectonic plates move against each other?
tectonic plates move against each other essentially because of the movement of molten rock underneath the earth's surface or crust. This movement causes the plates to rub against each other.
How do to use tectonic plates in a sentence?
A long section of tectonic plates under California means the State experiences small earthquakes every day.The tectonic plates under Mount Everest produced a 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in May 2015.Scientists know that as tectonic plates pass move by each other, it causes major upheaval underground which causes an earthquake.
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 is stresses in tectonic plates?
Magma moving underneath the earth causes tectonic plates to move about.
What 3 forces possibly move tectonic plates?
convection currents
The lithosphere is broken into pieces called what?
what causes the earths tectonic plates to move
What causes earthquakes to happen in cities?
Earthquakes are caused by two plates getting hung up, or locked in place. The tremors that follow are the usual forces that move the tectonic plates.
What is the process called that causes the tectonic plates to move?
Its more ov a movement really not a process. Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the mantle.
Do all the tectonic plates move in the same direction?
No, they do not. The tectonic plates grind and scrape against others, witch causes earthquakes
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.
What causes the Continental and oceani plates to move?
The tectonic plates move because of the great amount of liquid rock, or magma that they 'float' on and get pushed by.
What causes earths changes to earths landforms?
the tectonic platesthe tectonic plates can be move to be far and near to each other
I am part of lithosphere but you move around on top of the asthenosphere?
The answer is Tectonic Plates
Does magnetism make the tectonic plates move?
No(see the explanation of the question "Why do the tectonic plates move?"
