2007-09-01 15:40:24 · 9 answers · asked by james r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Um, no.
Tectonic plate movement is caused by convection currents of the magma UNDER the crust (where the plates are). Remember that the plates are entire sections of rock and water that float on magma and not water.
Though if the polar ice caps did melt, boy would we be swimming with the fishes. (Literally)
2007-09-01 15:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah. The ocean is so thin and light compared to the thickness and weight of the tectonic plates that the rest of the earth's geology doesn't even know that the ocean is there. The ocean is a three-mile thick layer of salt water, and the plates are from twenty to fifty miles thick, of solid compressed rock. They don't know that the ocean is there, and they certainly don't know that we're here.
2007-09-01 22:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by 2n2222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what some geologists are saying. Only for the ice that covers land, since it lightens the burden on the crust and as the ocean rises, it increases the pressure on the sea bottom. Both plate movement and volcanic activity should increase.
2007-09-01 22:45:11 · answer #3 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, these plates are held in place by mountains and the human activities of destroying the increases the likely hood of earthquakes.
2007-09-02 05:56:37 · answer #4 · answered by sabbir m 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The recent forest fire proved that it may cause earthquakes.But not melting of ice.
2007-09-02 02:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by A.Ganapathy India 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might not want to base any serious decisions about global warming based on the responses you will get here in Yahoo answers.
2007-09-01 22:46:27 · answer #6 · answered by Iknowthisone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I should hope so. Then we would have 10.0 earthquakes and all the moonbat global whiners would fall into the crevases, and we wouldn't have to listen to them anymore...
2007-09-09 22:02:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not likely.
2007-09-01 23:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by asgspifs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it very much
Why would you say that?
2007-09-02 03:01:08 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋