Accurate spatial models of tectonic plates and geological terranes are important for
analyzing and interpreting a wide variety of geoscientific data and developing compositional …

▪ Abstract The central assumption of plate tectonics, that plate interiors are rigid, remains a
useful but uncertain approximation. Strain rates of stable plate interiors are bounded …

We determine best-fitting Euler vectors, closure-fitting Euler vectors, and a new global model
(NUVEL-1) describing the geologically current motion between 12 assumed-rigid plates by …

An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structures is an introduction to
seismology and its role in the earth sciences, and is written for advanced undergraduate and …

We present a new global model for Recent plate velocities, REVEL, describing the relative
velocities of 19 plates and continental blocks. The model is derived from publicly available …

In this paper we present a global model (GSRM-1) of both horizontal velocities on the Earth's
surface and horizontal strain rates for almost all deforming plate boundary zones. A model …

A significant discrepancy exists between the heat flow measured at the seafloor and the
higher values predicted by thermal models of the cooling lithosphere. This discrepancy is …

Abstract The Indo-Australian plate is undergoing distributed internal deformation caused by
the lateral transition along its northern boundary—from an environment of continental …

Paleomagnetic data from the African plate from the Early Jurassic onward are critically re‐
evaluated and updated, resulting in a set of 30 paleopoles, from which an apparent polar …

Prior to the formation of the Red Sea the northeastern Afro/Arabian continent had low relief
and was largely below sea level from the Late Cretaceous to the early Oligocene. The …