Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist, proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. He suggested that the thermal convection currents in the mantle were responsible for the movement of continents across the Earth's surface.
Convection is the thermal energy transferred by the circulation of liquid or gas. It involves the movement of particles within the fluid, carrying heat energy from one place to another.
The thermal convection that drives plate motion is caused by the movement of molten rock in the mantle. Heat from Earth's core causes the mantle to circulate in a convection current, which in turn drags the overlying tectonic plates along with it, driving plate motion.
No. Convection requires a medium to carry thermal energy from one place to another. There is no or not enough of any material in space to accomplish this. Radiation will carry thermal energy from the sun to the Earth.
Thermal convection that drives plate motion is caused by the movement of heat within the Earth's mantle. As the Earth's interior heat is transferred towards the surface, it generates convective currents in the mantle, leading to the movement of tectonic plates. This process is known as mantle convection and is a key driver of plate tectonics.
Auther Holmes is the Scientist who first proposed that theral convection in the mantle causes continental drift.
Arthur Holmes
Arthur Holmes who is a geologist.
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Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist, proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. He suggested that the thermal convection currents in the mantle were responsible for the movement of continents across the Earth's surface.
Arthur Holmes
The scientist who first proposed thermal convection was Henri Bénard, a French physicist, in 1900. Bénard conducted experiments with heated fluid in a shallow circular dish, observing the formation of convection cells as a result of temperature differences. His work laid the foundation for the study of convection in fluid dynamics.
Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, first proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. He suggested that the continents were once part of a single supercontinent called Pangaea, which later broke apart and drifted to their current positions due to the movement of the Earth's mantle caused by thermal convection.
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Convection
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