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What causes the thermal convection that drives plate motion?

What causes the thermal convection that drives plate motion?
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What causes the thermal convection that drives plate motion?

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User Alisianoi
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i beleive it might be an unequal heat distribution

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User Arsynth
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If you are talking about plate tectonics, then the differences in temperature and pressure cause magma to move and the magma movement moves the plates.
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