MECHANISM OF PLATE MOVEMENT

• It happens when heat is transferred from the core to the crust.

  Mantle Convection
• The transfer of heat through a fluid of motion

  Convection
• It is a type of model where the lithosphere sinks to a great depth, which stirs the mantle. This model is what most researchers prefer.

  Whole-mantle convection model or plume model
• This model suggests that the mantle has two zones of convection. Specifically, the upper mantle's thin layer and the thicker mantle below the upper part.

  layer cake model
• Rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plate to move away from the ridge with a force

  ridge push
• As a slab sink, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force

  Slab pull