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What caused the plate interaction that led to the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains?
ocean currents above Earth's lithosphere
convection currents in Earth's asthenosphere
hotspots of magma from Earth's asthenosphere
earthquakes at plate boundaries in Earth's lithosphere
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convection currents in Earth's asthenosphere
These mantle convection currents drive plate motion, causing the continental collision (the Alleghanian orogeny) between ancestral North America and Africa that built the Appalachian/Great Smoky Mountains.
These mantle convection currents drive plate motion, causing the continental collision (the Alleghanian orogeny) between ancestral North America and Africa that built the Appalachian/Great Smoky Mountains.
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