Slab pull is a geophysical mechanism whereby the cooling and subsequent densifying of a subducting tectonic plate produces a downward force along the... 7 KB (747 words) - 21:25, 17 October 2023 |
Oceanic trench (redirect from Slab rollback) flattened slabs are only temporarily arrested in the transition zone. The subsequent displacement into the lower mantle is caused by slab pull forces, or... 48 KB (5,150 words) - 22:54, 11 February 2024 |
Ridge push (redirect from Ridge-pull theory) slab pull was generally considered the dominant mechanism driving plate tectonics. Modern research, however, indicates that the effects of slab pull are... 14 KB (1,593 words) - 10:05, 15 April 2024 |
used in construction Slab (casting), a length of metal Slab (geology), that portion of a tectonic plate that is subducting Slab pull force, the tectonic... 3 KB (427 words) - 11:48, 10 November 2023 |
amounts of displacement. It is because of these forces, slab pull, ridge push, mantle convection, and slab suction that the Earth's crust is able to move and... 5 KB (659 words) - 08:54, 7 January 2024 |
which they attach in a process known as slab pull and by inducing currents in the mantle via slab suction. The slab affects the convection and evolution... 8 KB (799 words) - 23:22, 17 October 2023 |
Eclogitization (section Relationship to slab pull) continues subduction. This continental undertow is explained by the slab pull concept. Slab pull is the concept that plate motion is driven by the weight of cool... 13 KB (1,467 words) - 07:08, 28 October 2022 |