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SUBMITTER: Domeier M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5677347 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Domeier Mathew M Shephard Grace E GE Jakob Johannes J Gaina Carmen C Doubrovine Pavel V PV Torsvik Trond H TH
Science advances 20171108 11
The notorious ~60° bend separating the Hawaiian and Emperor chains marked a prominent change in the motion of the Pacific plate at ~47 Ma (million years ago), but the origin of that change remains an outstanding controversy that bears on the nature of major plate reorganizations. Lesser known but equally significant is a conundrum posed by the pre-bend (~80 to 47 Ma) motion of the Pacific plate, which, according to conventional plate models, was directed toward a fast-spreading ridge, in contrad ...[more]