The temporal evolution of plate driving forces: Importance of "slab suction" versus "slab pull" during the Cenozoic [1] Although mantle slabs ultimately drive plate motions, the mechanism by which they do so remains unclear. A detached slab descending through the mantle ... Conrad,P Clinton -...
Gravitational interactions between the Earth, Moon, and Sun generate tidal forces that cause the ocean tides. These same forces also exert a minor influence on the Earth's crust and, by extension, on tectonic plates. However, the impact of tidal forces on plate tectonics is considerably less s...
What happens in the mantle?While it is generally agreed that continental drift occurs by the mechanisms of plate tectonics, the forces that drive these motions remain largely undescribed. But change may be on the way.doi:10.1038/307591a0John Maddox...
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This discovery prompted the scientists to explore what geological process could drive this pattern. They found that the Earth’s mantle – the convecting layer between the crust and core – is disrupted by rifting (or stretching) of the crust, even thousands of kilometers away. ...
Divergent boundariesoccur where plates are spreading apart or separating from one another. This spreading is caused by convective forces in the molten magma below them. When this occurs between two oceanic plates, as they slowly spread apart, this fluid basalt lava fills the gap and quickly solid...
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Plate Tectonics: What Forces Drive the Plates? Not Available RA Kerr - 《Science》 被引量: 16发表: 1978年 Teaching Earth Dynamics: What's Wrong with Plate Tectonics Theory? Textbooks frequently extol plate tectonics theory without questioning what might be wrong with the theory or without discuss...