Tectonic movements

Tectonic movements are differential movements of the earth’s crust which are lateral or vertical, rapid or slow within the earth’s crust.

Tectonic movements originate from the Mantle due to radioactivity, Geochemical and geophysical reaction which generate heat and pressure which melt the rocks in the Mantle forming convectional currents which develop within the molten rocks that produce tensional, compressional and vertical forces.