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Plate Motion

Plate Motion is the large-scale, quasi-rigid displacement of Earth's lithospheric plates relative to one another, driven by mantle convection and occurring along defined tectonic boundaries.

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2017–2026

400

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Plate Motion StudiesTectonic Plate Motion

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Influence of Rotatory Inertia and Shear on Flexural Motions of Isotropic, Elastic Plates

R. D. Mindlin · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1951 · 5K citations

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Current plate motions

Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 1990 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions

Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 1994 · 3.5K citations

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Active Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region

Dan McKenzie · Geophysical Journal International · 1972 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Geologically current plate motions

Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus · Geophysical Journal International · 2010 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RG
    Richard G. Gordon

    Rice University, United States

    44 publications · 16.7K citations

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  2. CD
    Charles DeMets

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    43 publications · 14.9K citations

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  3. RD
    R. Dietmar Müller

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    32 publications · 6.6K citations

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  4. MG
    Michael Gurnis

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    28 publications · 3.9K citations

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  5. CF
    Claudio Faccenna

    Roma Tre University, Italy

    24 publications · 3K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    61 h-index

    263 publications

    24.2K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    49 h-index

    146 publications

    26.4K citations

  3. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    49 h-index

    121 publications

    15.3K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    35 h-index

    68 publications

    7.5K citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    35 h-index

    75 publications

    22.1K citations

  6. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    35 h-index

    105 publications

    16.5K citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    32 h-index

    57 publications

    6.1K citations

  8. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    32 h-index

    79 publications

    8.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 286 publications · 45.5K citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    141 publications · 15.9K citations

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  3. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 181 publications · 28.5K citations

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  4. Tectonophysics

    152 publications · 12.4K citations

    66

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    214 publications · 17.7K citations

    65

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