Meaning of name Dinesh. Etymology : Means day lord from Sanskrit (dina) day and (isha) lord. Saint :
A: The three primary causes for tectonic plate movement are the convection of material in the mantle, gravity and the rotation of the planet. These forces cause each of the seven major plates and numerous other microplates to move independently of the others at a rate of a few centimeters per year.
Â· just now. Report Abuse. Tectonic plate movement creates ocean basins at mid-oceanic ridge by vulcanism from due to decompression of upwelling of convecting mantle. It is not the tectonic plates that create this movement; convection of the mantle does that. Since tectonic plates are mechanically coupled to the aesthenosphere they are pulled along as the mantle convects.