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Nikolay [14]
3 years ago
13

How did the plate tectonics theory continuous movement of the tectonic plates???​

Geography
1 answer:
Wittaler [7]3 years ago
5 0
The convection drive plates tectonics through a combination of pushing and spreading apart at mid-ocean ridges and pulling and sinking downward at subduction zones. At subduction zones, two tectonic plates meet and one slides beneath the other back into the mantle, the layer underneath the crust.
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