Four-dimensional context of Earth's supercontinents

The supercontinent-cycle hypothesis attributes planetary-scale episodic tectonic events to an intrinsic self-organizing mode of mantle convection, governed by the buoyancy of continental lithosphere that resists subduction during closure of old ocean basins, and consequent reorganization of mantle c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Evans, D., Li, Zheng-Xiang, Murphy, J.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25277