Dynamics of the North American Plate: Large‐Scale Driving Mechanism From Far‐Field Slabs and the Interpretation of Shallow Negative Seismic Anomalies

Abstract With a small fraction of marginal subduction zones, the driving mechanism for the North American plate motion is in debate. We construct global mantle flow models simultaneously constrained by geoid and plate motions to investigate the driving forces for the North American plate motion. By...

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Main Authors: Shangxin Liu, Scott D. King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-03-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC009808