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A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering seafloor spreading and subduction initiation
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Abstract
The formation of a global network of plate boundaries surrounding a mosaic of lithospheric fragments was a key step in the emergence of Earth’s plate tectonics. So far, propositions for plate boundary formation are regional in nature but how plate boundaries are being created over 1000s of km in short periods of geological time remains elusive. Here, we show from geological observations that a >12,000 km long plate boundary formed between the Indian and African plates around 105 Ma with subduction segments from the eastern Mediterranean region to a newly established India-Africa rotation pole in the west-Indian ocean where it transitioned ... more
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X5TG8Q
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Earth Sciences, Geology, Tectonics and Structure
Keywords
subduction initiation, subduction, neotethys, oman, pakistan
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Published: 2021-02-23 11:33
Last Updated: 2022-02-05 19:09
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Comment #16 Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen @ 2021-03-22 21:28
Paper has been accepted in Nature Geoscience, 22/3/2021