Seismic evidence for convection-driven motion of the North American plate
@article{Eaton2007SeismicEF, title={Seismic evidence for convection-driven motion of the North American plate}, author={David W. Eaton and Andrew W. Frederiksen}, journal={Nature}, year={2007}, volume={446}, pages={428-431} }
Since the discovery of plate tectonics, the relative importance of driving forces of plate motion has been debated. Resolution of this issue has been hindered by uncertainties in estimates of basal traction, which controls the coupling between lithospheric plates and underlying mantle convection. Hotspot tracks preserve records of past plate motion and provide markers with which the relative motion between a plate’s surface and underlying mantle regions may be examined. Here we show that the…
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