Sink or Swim: Fate of Sinking Tectonic Plates Depends on Their Ancient Tectonic Histories
April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release:
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Sink or Swim: the fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories
Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into Earth's mantle.
Between depths of 41 . . .
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Sink or Swim: the fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories
Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into Earth's mantle.
Between depths of 41 . . .