The North Pacific: an Example of Tectonics on a Sphere
Abstract
Individual aseismic areas move as rigid plates on the surface of a sphere. Application of the Mercator projection to slip vectors shows that the paving stone theory of world tectonics is correct and applies to about a quarter of the Earth's surface.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- December 1967
- DOI:
- 10.1038/2161276a0
- Bibcode:
- 1967Natur.216.1276M