2014-11-05, 23:25
Tectonic plates not rigid, deform horizontally in cooling process
The puzzle pieces of tectonic plates are not rigid and don't fit together as nicely as we were taught in high school. A new nstudy quantifies deformation of the Pacific plate and challenges the central approximation of the plate tectonic paradigm that plates are rigid.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/science...141912.htm
The puzzle pieces of tectonic plates are not rigid and don't fit together as nicely as we were taught in high school. A new nstudy quantifies deformation of the Pacific plate and challenges the central approximation of the plate tectonic paradigm that plates are rigid.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/science...141912.htm