Arthur Holmes
Arthur Holmes was a strong advocate of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift at a time when it was considered very controversial as there was no known mechanism which could allow this to occur. Holmes proposed that there was mantle convection allowing dissipation of heat from the core and that these convection cells could be a driving force of continental drift. This theory was ultimately incorporated into the modern understanding of sea floor spreading that occurs at mid-ocean-ridges.
There are three ways thermal energy can be transferred: conduction, convection, and radiation.
Convection
The primary force behind seafloor spreading and continental drift is convection currents in the Earth's mantle. These currents move the tectonic plates above them, causing them to either spread apart or collide. The spreading of seafloor and the shifting of continents are part of the larger process of plate tectonics.
Heat
Auther Holmes is the Scientist who first proposed that theral convection in the mantle causes continental drift.
Arthur Holmes
Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. He suggested that thermal convection currents in the mantle cause the movement of continents over time.
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.
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Convection
thermal energy
convection