Mantle convection is the very slow creep of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carry heat from the interior to the planet's surface. Types of convection · Creep in the mantle

Mantle convection refers to the process of rising hot mantle material and sinking colder material. Note, however, that the mantle is almost entirely solid ...

Mantle convection is the main way heat from Earth's interior is transported to its surface, and this heat escapes principally through mid-ocean ridges.

Mantle convection refers to the process in which the Earth's mantle undergoes convective flow, causing gravity anomalies.

This ob- servation implies that MORBs come from an upper mantle that has been cycled repeatedly through the plate tectonic process of mid-ocean ridge melting ...

Mantle convection occurs because relatively hot rocks are less dense and rise in a gravitational field while relatively cold rocks are more dense and sink. The ...

Mantle convection is like Earth's engine. This process heats from the Earth's core, mantle, and internal radioactive decay, which moves towards the surface of ...

Mantle convection is a process in Earth's interior involving the slow, circular movement of molten rock driven by heat from the planet's core.

The mantle is heated from below (the core), and in areas that are hotter it rises upwards (it is buoyant), whereas in areas that are cooler it sink down.