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What causes convection currents in earth's mantle?

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The convection currents also help transfer heat from Earth's core, where magma is created through radioactive decay, to the mantle. This heat transfer continues through the layers of the crust until it reaches the surface. read more

Mantle convection is the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the Earth to the surface. read more

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