Driving Forces: Slab Subduction and Mantle Convection by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa

Driving Forces: Slab Subduction and Mantle Convection

National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa

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Mantle convection is the mechanism ultimately responsible for most geological activity at Earth's surface. To zeroth order, the lithosphere is the cold outer thermal boundary layer of the convecting mantle. Subduction of cold dense lithosphere pro...

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