マントル対たい流りゅう

noun

mantle convection

Geological term for the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

• マントル対たい流りゅうはプレートテクトニクスの原げん動どう力りょくと考かんがえられている。

  Mantle convection is thought to be the driving force behind plate tectonics.