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Plate Boundary Evolution

Plate Boundary Evolution is a geological theory that explains the temporal development and transformation of tectonic plate margins through processes such as rifting, subduction, and collision, distinguishing it from static plate configurations by emphasizing dynamic changes in boundary geometry, kinematics, and rheology over geologic time.

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473

Ocean Basin Evolution and Global-Scale Plate Reorganization Events Since Pangea Breakup

R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton, Sabin Zahirovic et al. · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2016 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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The diversity and evolution of late-Archean granitoids: Evidence for the onset of “modern-style” plate tectonics between 3.0 and 2.5Ga

Oscar Laurent, Hervé Martin, Jean‐François Moyen et al. · Lithos · 2014 · 885 citations

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Global plate boundary evolution and kinematics since the late Paleozoic

Kara J. Matthews, Kayla Maloney, Sabin Zahirovic et al. · Global and Planetary Change · 2016 · 777 citations

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The longest voyage: Tectonic, magmatic, and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian plate during its northward flight from Gondwana to Asia

Sankar Chatterjee, Arghya Goswami, Christopher R. Scotese · Gondwana Research · 2012 · 543 citations

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Dynamic topography, plate driving forces and the African superswell

Carolina Lithgow‐Bertelloni, Paul G. Silver · Nature · 1998 · 534 citations

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Authors

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  1. RD
    R. Dietmar Müller

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    9 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. JD
    John Dewey

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. PE
    Páll Einarsson

    University of Iceland, Iceland

    6 publications · 274 citations

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  4. KP
    Kevin P. Furlong

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    5 publications · 162 citations

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  5. YZ
    Yong‐Fei Zheng

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

    5 publications · 503 citations

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Institutions

517

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    72 publications

    9.2K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    11 h-index

    44 publications

    16.8K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    39 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. GNS Science

    Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    33 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. University of Science and Technology of China

    Hefei, China

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Tectonophysics

    78 publications · 6K citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    31 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Geology

    25 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. Tectonics

    24 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 19 publications · 2K citations

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