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What would happen if the plates under the aesthenosphere stopped moving?
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∙ 8y ago
The asthenosphere lies below the lithosphere and the oceanic crust. If oceanic-continental convergence was to cease (unlikely as to the enormous momentum involved) subduction would presumable lessen and, as the momentum of one plate against another stopped moving, an equilibrium state would presumably exist.
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What does the lithospheric plates move on?
Aesthenosphere
What layer moves underneath the techtonic plates?
The aesthenosphere, which is located in the top part of the Earth's mantle is the layer lying underneath the tectonic plates. Collective movement in these plates cause a gradual rise in the aesthenosphere, thereby resulting to land elevation.
What happens when the tectonic plates moves?
Earthquakes.... Volcanoes..... Tsunamis..... Landslides.... Avalanches can happen
How did the 1970 tonghai earthquake happen?
The tectonic plates were moving.
What would happen to the plates if the asthenosphere below them cooled and became solid?
The plates will then stop moving
Why did earthquakes and volcanoes happen?
Tectonic Plates are moving in all directions...
How do Haiti earthquakes happen?
they just happen earthquakes are caused from the plates under earths surface moving
Where do divergent plate boundaries happen on earth?
Divergent plates are found in places where the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
What would the surface of the Earth eventually look like if the Earth's plates stopped moving?
the earth will stop moving around its orbit
What happened happen to the contenental plates between 750 and 260 millions years ago?
The continental plates were moving at that time and separated apart
What would happen to the earths plates if the mantle completely cooled down?
They'd stop moving.
Why do mountains move?
Mountains move by the plates under the earth moving. When plates move, often tsunamis and earthquakes happen. Mountains move 1 cm per year when the plates move!
