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Which processes are caused by convection in the mantle
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Which processes are caused by convection in the mantle

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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. ... This subducted material sinks through the Earth's interior.
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