Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network
How Earth’s lithosphere first divided into tectonic plates remains uncertain. Here, the authors use 3D spherical shell models to demonstrate that anticipated warming of the early lithosphere should lead to thermal expansion and the initiation of a global network of rifts, dividing the lithosphere in...
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| author | C. A. Tang A. A. G. Webb W. B. Moore Y. Y. Wang T. H. Ma T. T. Chen |
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| description | How Earth’s lithosphere first divided into tectonic plates remains uncertain. Here, the authors use 3D spherical shell models to demonstrate that anticipated warming of the early lithosphere should lead to thermal expansion and the initiation of a global network of rifts, dividing the lithosphere into tectonic plates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f415841a470944d99168e357606f289a2022-12-21T21:47:30ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-07-011111610.1038/s41467-020-17480-2Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate networkC. A. Tang0A. A. G. Webb1W. B. Moore2Y. Y. Wang3T. H. Ma4T. T. Chen5State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of TechnologyDivision of Earth and Planetary Science and Laboratory for Space Research, University of Hong KongDepartment of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton UniversityDeep Underground Engineering Research Center, Dalian University of TechnologyState Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of TechnologySchool of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern UniversityHow Earth’s lithosphere first divided into tectonic plates remains uncertain. Here, the authors use 3D spherical shell models to demonstrate that anticipated warming of the early lithosphere should lead to thermal expansion and the initiation of a global network of rifts, dividing the lithosphere into tectonic plates.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17480-2 |
| spellingShingle | C. A. Tang A. A. G. Webb W. B. Moore Y. Y. Wang T. H. Ma T. T. Chen Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network Nature Communications |
| title | Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network |
| title_full | Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network |
| title_fullStr | Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network |
| title_short | Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network |
| title_sort | breaking earth s shell into a global plate network |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17480-2 |
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