Mantle convection
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title:
Mantle convection
text:
Mantle convection is the very slow creep of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carry heat from the interior to the planet's surface. Mantle convection causes tectonic plates to move around the Earthssurface. The Earth's lithosphere rides atop the asthenosphere, and the two form the components of the upper mantle. The lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that are continuously being created or consumed at plate boundaries. Accretion occurs as mantle is added to the growing
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Gradual movement of the planet's mantle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_convection
date created:
2006-10-24T21:10:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T16:17:14Z
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