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    Mantle convection provides the primary drive for plate tectonics. There are three main models that describe how mantle convection causes plate motions: the layering model where convection occurs in separate layers, the whole mantle convection model, and the deep layer model. The main forces that drive plate motions are slab pull from subducting oceanic lithosphere and ridge push from new crust spreading at mid-ocean ridges, although mantle drag and plate resistance can also affect plate speeds.

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    Mantle convection provides the primary drive for plate tectonics. There are three main models that describe how mantle convection causes plate motions: the layering model where convection occurs in separate layers, the whole mantle convection model, and the deep layer model. The main forces that drive plate motions are slab pull from subducting oceanic lithosphere and ridge push from new crust spreading at mid-ocean ridges, although mantle drag and plate resistance can also affect plate speeds.

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    Module 4 Earths Dynamics

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    Mantle convection provides the primary drive for plate tectonics. There are three main models that describe how mantle convection causes plate motions: the layering model where convection occurs in separate layers, the whole mantle convection model, and the deep layer model. The main forces that drive plate motions are slab pull from subducting oceanic lithosphere and ridge push from new crust spreading at mid-ocean ridges, although mantle drag and plate resistance can also affect plate speeds.

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    PLATE MOTION What drives plate motions?

    Mantle convection provides


    the primary drive for
    Layering plate tectonics

    MODELS:
    Whole Mantle A. Layering at 660 kilometers Model
    B. Whole Mantle Convection Model
    C. Deep-layer Model

    Deep Layer
    What drives plate motions
    RIDGE-PUSH
    • The higher elevation of spreading centers result in oceanic
    lithosphere wanting to move “downhill”, away from the ridge
    • Far less important than slab-pull

    SLAB PULL MANTLE DRAG and PLATE


    Cold, dense slabs of subducted RESISTANCE
    oceanic lithosphere pull the plate Can act to increase or decrease
    towards the subduction zone plate motion
    • Forces that drive plate motion
    3 plate interactions:
    Divergent
    Convergent
    Transform

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