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OpenStudy (anonymous):

in the diagram of the earth's interior, which part drives movements of the plates

OpenStudy (dangerousjesse):

Convection currents in the mantle move Earth's tectonic plates. :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

convection of the mantle drives both "ridge push" and "slab pull". Ridge Push is where new ocean crust is created at a mid-ocean ridge and it begins pushing older material away from the ridge... Slab Pull is where gravity assists the oldest part of an oceanic plate to get pulled down into a subduction zone, where the crust gets destroyed and eventually recycled. Hope that helps :o)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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