what currents in the Earth's mantle cause plate movement?
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Heat rising and falling inside the mantle creates convection currents generated by radioactive decay in the core. The convection currents move the plates. Where convection currents diverge near the Earth's crust, plates move apart.
What currents in the Earth's mantle cause plate movement‽
ANSWER:
Mantle Convection Current
What is mantle convection current‽
Mantle convection currents is a warm mantle currents that drives and carry plates of lithosphere along a like a conveyor belt.
Another forces that have been proposed as the main drivers of tectonic plate movement are:
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