Friday, December 24, 2010

CONVECTION CURRENTS

CONVECTION CURRENTS

Deep within the earth ,at its inner core temperature may exceed 4,500 degree celcius . This heat warms rocks in the mesosphere which rise through the partially molten mantle ,displacing cooler rocks just below the solid crust ,which sinks , and are warmed again by heat of the mantle . This process is continuous , creating convection currents which form the moving force beneath the earth crust.

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