One of the main drivers of plate tectonics is the rise of magma from within Earth , and as a result, built the Middle Atlantic Ridge and caused the oceans to widen. To explore this issue, page The Wild Hunt, spoke to geologist, Kathleen Borealis.
He explained, the theory of plate tectonics states that moving plates cover the entire Earth. Some plates support continents, while others support the oceans.
“Plates are a hard planetary crust and everything moves on the surface. The places where they meet are called plate boundaries and this is where we tend to see the most active faults. Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates. Continents tend to ‘float’ on the mantle dynamically, while the oceanic crust is getting older and colder, it wants to sink back into the mantle, “says Borealis.
He added, “Where the oceanic plate separates the mantle closer to the surface and rises as magma and forms new plates.”
Most scientific writing pursues a dry, objective tone. On the other hand, he said, plate tectonics are suitable for animist interpretation. Borealis described the earth as a “dynamic system and we are a part of it”.
Humans, he said, are familiar with what we can see – solid planets. The density occurs on the surface. “The deep interior of the Earth is the true engine of the planet. Personally, when I landed, I entered the interior of this planet. Like most systems, there is a cycle of creation and destruction, “he said.
As described Borealis, and in the article on Live Science describes in more detail the mechanism of plate tectonics. “The outer shell of the Earth is divided into large slabs of solid rock, called ‘plates’, which slide over the Earth’s mantle, the rocky inner layer above the Earth’s core,” he said.
The size of these plates varies. Geologists have sorted them by size into three categories: major, minor, and micro.
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