Tremendous energy is released by which material in mantle?
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The mantle is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. The mantle is about 2,900 kilometers (1,802 miles) thick, and makes up a whopping 84% of Earth’s total volume.
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The radioactive decay of naturally occurring chemical elements in the earth—most notably uranium, thorium, and potassium—also releases energy in the form of heat. These two sources of heat warm Earth's mantle and cause it to rise and sink, much like soup in a pot on a stove.
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