12.570 | Spring 1998 | Graduate

Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection

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One common model for how convection in the mantle drives plate tectonics. (Courtesy of USGS.)

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An illustration of the of how convections in the Earth's crust drive plate tectonics.
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One common model for how convection in the mantle drives plate tectonics. (Courtesy of USGS. Used with permission.)
An illustration of the of how convections in the Earth's crust drive plate tectonics.

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