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{{Short description|Part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its subduction}} ...n force|slab suction]] account for almost all of the force driving [[plate tectonics]]. The [[ridge push]] at rifts contributes only 5 to 10%.<ref>Conrad CP, [[ ...

...s the [[Indian plate]] is colliding with the Eurasian plate. This type of plate boundary is sometimes called a transpressional boundary.<ref name="USGS-2"> ...of the 38° parallel.<ref>Fig.2 Chaman fault System associated with Indian Plate Boundary (April 2008) [http://www.neduet.edu.pk/Civil/2008-1.pdf "Chaman Fa ...

...was superseded by the concepts of [[continental drift]] and modern [[plate tectonics]]. The theory was first proposed by [[William Lowthian Green]] in 1875.<ref ...ape plays no special role in modern theories.<ref>{{cite web |title= Plate Tectonics: The Rocky History of an Idea |url= http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/t ...

...]] in 1920, but the force is now known to be far too weak to cause [[plate tectonics]]. The strength of the layers of the [[Earth's crust]] is much stronger tha [[Category:Plate tectonics]] ...

In geodynamics the concept is used to explain [[tectonics|tectonic]] observations in [[accretionary wedge]]s. Every wedge has a certa ...e critical taper concept can thus explain and predict phases and styles of tectonics in wedges. ...

...his the cooling plate model fits data as well. Beyond 80 million years the plate model fits better than the mantle model. ...ng any plate.<ref name=":0" /> This was followed in 1977 by a more refined plate model which explained data that showed that both the ocean depths and ocea ...

...:1">{{Cite journal|last=Ranalli|first=Giorgio|date=2001|title=Experimental tectonics: from Sir James Hall to the present|journal=Journal of Geodynamics|volume=3 ...ng]] and [[Fault (geology)|faulting]], or large-scale processes, such as [[Tectonics|tectonic]] movement and interior Earth structures.<ref name=":0" /><ref nam ...

{{For|the theory of geological plates|Plate tectonics}} ...:ESPIvibration.jpg|thumb|250px | right| Vibration mode of a clamped square plate]] ...

...econstruction''' is the process of reconstructing the positions of [[Plate tectonics|tectonic plates]] relative to each other (relative motion) or to other refe ==Defining plate boundaries== ...

Bedrock incision can be caused by [[Plate tectonics|tectonic plate movement]].<ref name=":1" /> As the land is uplifted the river is forced to ...

...p age-dependent LAB beneath the [[Pacific plate|Pacific]] and [[Philippine Plate|Philippine]] plates and has been interpreted as evidence for a thermal cont [[Category:Plate tectonics]] ...

...etymology of the word "''plaxique''" is unclear; it may refer to [[plate tectonics]] ("tectonique des plaques" in French), as elementary relations that genera ...

...y enters the mantle in the form of [[carbonate]]-rich sediments on [[Plate tectonics|tectonic plates]] of ocean crust, which pull the carbon into the mantle upo [[Category:Plate tectonics]] ...

...n supply information about the past [[Metamorphic rock|metamorphic]] and [[Tectonics|tectonic]] history.<ref name=":0" /> ...on [[Heat equation|heat transfer equations]], different [[plate tectonics|tectonics]] models and reactions of metamorphic minerals in the simulation of the pos ...

...d Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India-Asia collision |journal=Tectonics |volume=33 |issue=5 |pages=824–849 |bibcode=2014Tecto..33..824D |doi=10.100 ...|author-link2=Christopher Anne Suczek |date=December 1, 1979 |title=Plate Tectonics and Sandstone Compositions |journal=AAPG Bulletin |volume=63 |issue=12 |pag ...

...res; no global tectonic pattern is evident, unlike on Earth, where [[plate tectonics]] is dominant. ...

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...azards, combining concepts and tools from statistical physics, statistics, tectonics, seismology and more. First located at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter P ...local stress field is the sum of the large scale, far-field stress due to plate motion, plus all stress fluctuations due to past earthquakes. As elastic st ...

...rocesses.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ranalli|first=Giorgio|title=Experimental tectonics: from Sir James Hall to the present|journal=Journal of Geodynamics|volume=3 ...l and ocean closure models from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology|journal=Tectonics|language=en|volume=29|issue=6|pages=TC6020|doi=10.1029/2010TC002750|issn=19 ...

....<ref name=cc79/> As part of the ongoing [[supercontinent cycle]], [[plate tectonics]] will probably create a [[supercontinent]] in 250–350 million years. Somet ...edback|runaway]] evaporation of the oceans. As a likely consequence, plate tectonics and the entire [[carbon cycle]] will end.<ref name=lunine09/> Then, in abou ...