Cargando…

On the enigmatic birth of the Pacific Plate within the Panthalassa Ocean

The oceanic Pacific Plate started forming in Early Jurassic time within the vast Panthalassa Ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangea, and contains the oldest lithosphere that can directly constrain the geodynamic history of the circum-Pangean Earth. We show that the geometry of the oldest ma...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boschman, Lydian M., van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600022