Reviewing subduction initiation and the origin of plate tectonics: What do we learn from present-day Earth?
The theory of plate tectonics came together in the 1960s, achieving wide acceptance after 1968. Since then it has been the most successful framework for investigations of Earth’s evolution. Subduction of the oceanic lithosphere, as the engine that drives plate tectonics, has played a key role in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Science Press
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Earth and Planetary Physics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.eppcgs.org/article/doi/10.26464/epp2021014?pageType=en |