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PLATE TECTONICS

  • Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.

CONVECTION CURRENTS

  • current in a fluid that results from convection, or a difference of densities in two fluids.

SLAB PULL

  • Slab pull is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.