What are some examples of convection currents? What causes the Earth's mantle to flow? How do convection currents move lithospheric plates? What is convection in meteorology? How is convection in the atmosphere similar to convection in the Earth's mantle?
The convection currents in the mantle of the Earth are created when hot molten lava comes to the Earth's crust and then going down below the crust... See full answer below.Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create ...
Plain Language Summary: Earth's tectonic plates presently take part in the motion of the mantle in the subsurface via a process known as convection. Plates are created at mid‐ocean spreading ridges and destroyed at subduction zones, and move at approximately the same speeds as the ...
In order to take the next step in a more accurate interpretation of this data, a forward model is needed that delimits the bounds of chemical variability and isotopic correlations expected to arise from the major processes operative during terrestrial mantle convection. In this talk, we will ...
characterizing mantle dynamics, in particular 1) a viscosity increase from the upper to the lower mantle, 2) an endothermic phase transition at the 670 km discontinuity, 3) heat flux across the core-mantle boundary and 4) the effect of the motion of rigid surface plates on the convection ...