The Magma Engine and the driving force of plate tectonics

The true driving force behind drifts in plate tectonics is still a topic open for discussion. Currently, slab pull is taken as the dominant driving force. From the energy perspective, heat from the Earth’s interior is the main source of power maintaining plate tectonics. The organized release of heat is the key to transforming static energy into kinetic energy. Here we propose a Magma Engine model. According to this model, heat is changed to...