Dynamics of the abrupt change in Pacific Plate motion around 50 million years ago
Jiashun Hu, Michael Gurnis, Johann Rudi, Georg Stadler, R. Dietmar Müller
Topics & Concepts
Plate tectonicsSubductionGeologyPacific PlateHotspot (geology)Slab windowMantle plumeMantle (geology)Convergent boundarySeismologyMid-ocean ridgeSeamountMantle convectionPaleontologyOceanic crustOceanographyLithosphereTectonicsGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studies