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Tectonic Plate Divergence

Tectonic Plate Divergence is a geological process in which two lithospheric plates move away from each other at a divergent boundary, resulting in the upwelling of magma from the mantle and the formation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges.

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Plate Divergence

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143

Tethyan evolution of Turkey: A plate tectonic approach

A. M. Celâl Şengör, Yücel Yılmaz · Tectonophysics · 1981 · 3.3K citations

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A plate tectonic model for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic constrained by dynamic plate boundaries and restored synthetic oceanic isochrons

Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2002 · 2.6K citations

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Tectonics of the Himalaya and southern Tibet from two perspectives

K. V. Hodges · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 2000 · 1.2K citations

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Plume-Generated Triple Junctions: Key Indicators in Applying Plate Tectonics to Old Rocks

Kevin Burke, John Dewey · The Journal of Geology · 1973 · 946 citations

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Plate tectonic evolution of the southern margin of Eurasia in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic

Jan Golonka · Tectonophysics · 2004 · 777 citations · Full text

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Authors

384

  1. GM
    Gérard M. Stampfli

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    3 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. GE
    Graeme Eagles

    Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany

    3 publications · 373 citations

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  3. MC
    Mathilde Cannat

    Institut de physique du globe de Paris, France

    3 publications · 80 citations

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  4. DS
    D. Sarah Stamps

    Virginia Tech, United States

    2 publications · 143 citations

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  5. GB
    Gilles Borel

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 publications · 2.6K citations

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Institutions

226

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    672 citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    2K citations

  3. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    651 citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    330 citations

  5. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    203 citations

  6. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    203 citations

  7. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    209 citations

  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    444 citations

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Venues

  1. Tectonophysics

    17 publications · 5.9K citations

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  2. Geological Society London Special Publications

    8 publications · 656 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 7 publications · 512 citations

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  4. Geology

    7 publications · 624 citations

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  5. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    6 publications · 2.9K citations

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