Question

Explain the mechanism of plate

movement?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The mechanism behind Plate Tectonics. Plate Tectonics: The Mechanism. The main features of plate tectonics are: Convection currents beneath the plates move the crustal plates in different directions. The source of heat driving the convection currents is radioactivity deep in the Earths mantle.

Answer 2

ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪsᴍ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴇᴄᴛᴏɴɪᴄs. ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴇᴄᴛᴏɴɪᴄs: ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪsᴍ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ғᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴏғ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴇᴄᴛᴏɴɪᴄs ᴀʀᴇ: ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛs ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇs ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴜsᴛᴀʟ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇs ɪɴ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs. ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ᴏғ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ᴅʀɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛs ɪs ʀᴀᴅɪᴏᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜs ᴍᴀɴᴛʟᴇ.