• DOI:10.1130/G21365.1
Corpus ID: 907243

Evidence from ophiolites, blueschists, and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes that the modern episode of subduction tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time

@article{Stern2005EvidenceFO,
  title={Evidence from ophiolites, blueschists, and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes that the modern episode of subduction tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time},
  author={R. Stern},
  journal={Geology},
  year={2005},
  volume={33},
  pages={557-560}
}

R. Stern

Published 2005

Geology

Geology

Earth is the only known planet with subduction zones and plate tectonics, and this fact demonstrates that special conditions are required for this mode of planetary heat loss. Sinking of cold, dense lithosphere in subduction zones is the principal plate-driving force, so plate tectonics could not have begun until Earth cooled sufficiently to allow lithosphere to collapse into the underlying asthenosphere. Direct geologic evidence for when the modern episode of subduction tectonics began focuses… CONTINUE READING

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