EARTH’S

MECHANISM OF
PLATE
TECTONICS
 Objectives
• Evaluate the different theories explaining
the possible cause of plate tectonics
• Demonstrate convection current
• Understand the importance of plate
tectonics to the survival of Earth and its
inhabitants.
 Seismic Tomography
Seismic tomography is a technique
of inverting seismological data to
retrieve a three-dimensional image of
the anomalies in seismic wave velocity
within the media they cross.
 Mantle Convection Theory
Heat can be transferred from one
place to another through the process
known convection, a method of heat
transfer that is usually observed
among fluid molecules.
ARTHUR HOLMES- 1929
Continental
Drift
Theory
Mantle Convection
Theory
 Slab Pull Theory
This theory states that gravity and the
plates themselves are the ones
responsible for the plate tectonics
through subduction process.
Question
Time