As it is cold and wet, it continues to sink and slowly heats up. This causes partial melting and it acts as a source of magma for volcanoes that form above it.
so does other people burn when the go into mantle?
The mantle is located directly beneath the Earth's crust and is approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) thick. The boundary between the crust and the mantle is known as the Mohorovičić discontinuity or Moho.
The The crust and the uppermost layer of the mantle form the lithosphere. The asthenosphere, which is still in the upper mantle, is the next layer down.
subdution zone
Folded mountains form when tectonic plates collide and the crust is compressed and folded due to the immense pressure. The plates are not pushed down, but rather collide, causing the crust to buckle and fold upward to form mountains.
Heat transfer in the Earth's mantle drives the movement of the Earth's crust through the process of convection. As mantle material heats up, it becomes less dense and rises, causing the overlying crust to move. At the same time, cooler mantle material sinks back down, completing the cycle of heat transfer and driving the continuous motion of tectonic plates.
the oceanic crust slides down and burns in the mantle and forms a volcano
The plate with cooler, denser crust sinks under the other plate, forming a trench. There, the oceanic crust sinks down back into the mantle.
The plate with cooler, denser crust sinks under the other plate, forming a trench. There, the oceanic crust sinks down back into the mantle.
When rocks are pushed down into the mantle and melt, they become magma. Magma is molten rock located beneath the Earth's surface.
Not exactly. The lithosphere is the crust and the top of the mantle (down to the asthenosphere).
The oceanic crust is force down into the mantle in a process called subduction. The subducting oceanic plate will introduce water into the hot mantle, causing some of the rock to melt. The molten rock will rise through the overriding continental crust to form volcanoes.
Subduction Zones.
Subduction Zones.
Subduction Zones.
The Earth's mantle extends from the base of the crust down to a depth of about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) at the boundary with the outer core. This region is divided into the upper mantle and lower mantle based on differences in composition and behavior.
Heat transfer from the mantle creates convection currents that drive the movement of Earth's crustal plates. As hotter mantle material rises, it pushes the crust apart at mid-ocean ridges, while cooler material sinks, pulling the crust down in subduction zones. This movement of the crust is known as plate tectonics.
The mantle