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7 relations: Mantle (geology), Plate tectonics, Ridge push, Slab (geology), Slab pull, Stress (mechanics), Subduction.
Mantle (geology)
The mantle is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary bodies.
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Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin tectonicus, from the τεκτονικός "pertaining to building") is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3 and 3.5 billion years ago.
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Ridge push
Ridge push or sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges.
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Slab (geology)
In geology, a slab is the portion of a tectonic plate that is being subducted.
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Slab pull
Slab pull is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
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Stress (mechanics)
In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that expresses the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other, while strain is the measure of the deformation of the material.
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Subduction
Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.
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