The convection thought to drive the area's geology may come from cooling, not heat. John Timmer – Dec 17, 2021 8:21 am | 36 The polygons of Sputnik Planitium.

Convection, a well-known process in geology, occurs when heated material rises toward a planet’s surface and cooler materials sink, creating a constant conveyor belt of sorts.

In Chryse Planitia, over 15,000 mysterious mounds stand in the Martian lowlands, each containing a geological time capsule that captures the layered history of a world long ago sculpted by water.

Whole-mantle convection with tectonic plates preserves long-term global patterns of upper mantle geochemistry. Scientific Reports , 2017; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01816-y Cite This Page : ...

Small scale convection at the base of the Pacific plate has been simulated in a model of mantle plume dynamics, enabling reasearchers to explain the complex set of observations at the Hawaiian ...

Miranda: An icy moon deformed by convection New Geology articles posted online ahead of print 16 Sept. 2014 Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Frank F. Grout, The Vermilion Batholith of Minnesota, The Journal of Geology, Vol. 33, No. 5 (Jul. - Aug., 1925), ... A convection circulation past the cooling walls of a batholith might account for ...