This tends to occur below a constructive / divergent plate boundary so the plates will move away from each other.
tectonic plates move by convection currents. Convection currents are currents that start by hot air rising and eventually turning cooler then lowers. This continues in a constant pattern like a week.
The lithosphere is the continental crust, oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle. The convection currents move in the mantle mostly in the Asthenosphere layer under the lithosphere. As the convention currents move it makes the lithosphere spread and shake.
Heat rising from within the Earth causes the Earth's tectonic plates to move. The constant rising and sinking of heat are called convection currents.
Convection currents in the mantle create plate tectonics.
It is the mantle that is inferred to have convection currents that cause tectonic plates to move. Heat from the Earth's core creates these currents, which drive the movement of the rigid plates on the Earth's surface.
the large amount of energy forces the two plates to move apart
convection currents!
tectonic plates move by convection currents. Convection currents are currents that start by hot air rising and eventually turning cooler then lowers. This continues in a constant pattern like a week.
The upper mantle contains convection currents that move the tectonic plates.
because of convection currents in the mantle
They are the means by which plates of the lithoshpere move.
Convection cells in the mantle drive plate tectonics by creating currents that cause plates to move. As hot mantle material rises at mid-ocean ridges, it pushes plates apart. When the material cools and sinks back down at subduction zones, it pulls plates along with it. This continuous cycle of rising and sinking material creates convection currents that move the plates over geologic time scales.
They move apart.
The lithosphere is the continental crust, oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle. The convection currents move in the mantle mostly in the Asthenosphere layer under the lithosphere. As the convention currents move it makes the lithosphere spread and shake.
No, convection currents in the upper mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
convection currents
They are the means by which plates of the lithoshpere move.