Syn‐Drift Plate Tectonics

Syn‐Drift Plate Tectonics

Abstract The paradigm of plate tectonics holds that ocean plates are rigid during drift and only experience tectonic deformation at subduction zones, but new findings from the Pacific challenge this idea. Geological and geophysical evidence from the Ontong Java, Shatsky, Hess, and Manihiki oceanic p...

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Main Authors: Erkan Gün, Russell N. Pysklywec, Gültekin Topuz, Oğuz H. Göğüş, Philip J. Heron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Subjects:
plate tectonics
intra ocean plate deformation
oceanic plateaux
extensional deformation
subduction zones
slab pull
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105452

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105452

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