ホットスポット・トラックの欠如において,絶対的なプレート運動と真の極の漂流は,ホットスポット・トラックの欠如で起こる

Bernhard Steinberger1, Trond H Torsvik

  • 1Centre for Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Norway, Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. bernhard.steinberger@ngu.no

Nature
|April 4, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

この研究は,3億2000万年以上にわたる真の極流動とプレート運動を区別する. 独特な回転現象を明らかにし,長期のジオイドの安定性とマントルのプロセスのための新しい基準枠を示唆しています.

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