Where convection currents push plates together, destructive plate boundaries (margins) are formed. Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are ...

and the convection currents of molten rock below exert pressure on these chunks, causing them to push up against, slide by and separate from one another. This process, called plate tectonics, is ...

Looking to the future According to current knowledge, therefore, an influence of plate tectonics and mantle convection on Earth's magnetic field seems quite possible. The article also shows ...

"We looked at the current knowledge of the configuration of plate boundary zones and the past ... pushed together by convection currents in Earth's mantle, forming the first supercontinent called ...

Models indicate that early Earth had less-developed convection currents necessary to drive plate tectonics, suggesting that a thick and rigid outer crust formed a "stagnant lid," limiting dynamic ...

The new analysis provides an alternative to the hypothesis that the movement of tectonic plates is related to convection currents in the ... to drive large-scale tectonics. And there are other ...

How plate tectonics works The driving force behind plate tectonics is convection in the mantle. Hot material near Earth's core rises, and colder mantle rock sinks. "It's kind of like a pot boiling ...