How Mantle Slabs Drive Plate Tectonics

The gravitational pull of subducted slabs is thought to drive the motions of Earth's tectonic plates, but the coupling between slabs and plates is not well established. If a slab is mechanically attached to a subducting plate, it can exert a direct pull on the plate. Alternatively, a detached s...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2002-10, Vol.298 (5591), p.207-209
Main Authors: Conrad, Clinton P., Lithgow-Bertelloni, Carolina
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Earth, ocean, space
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Fractions
Geology
Internal geophysics
Kinetics
Mantle
Mantle convection
Mechanics
Motion
Plate tectonics
Rollbacks
Solid-earth geophysics, tectonophysics, gravimetry
Speed
Subduction
Subduction zones
Surface (Geology)
Surgical suction
Tectonics. Structural geology. Plate tectonics
Velocity distribution
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Earth, ocean, space
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Fractions
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Mantle
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Velocity distribution
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