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Plate tectonics

 * D. Bercovici / Earth and Planetary Science Letters 205 (2003) 107^121 119; The generation of plate tectonics from mantle convection, Bercovici 2003
 * C.P. Conrad et al. / Earth and Planetary Science Letters 218 (2004) 109^122 121; Great earthquakes and slab pull: interaction between seismic coupling and plate-slab coupling, Conrad et al. 2004
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 * Testing hypotheses on plate-driving mechanisms with global lithosphere models including topography, thermal structure and faults Bird 1998
 * Slab pull and the seismotectonics of subducting lithospere, Spence 1987
 * W. P. Schellart, D. R. Stegman, R. J. Farrington, J. Freeman, and L. Moresi. Cenozoic Tectonics of Western North America Controlled by Evolving Width of Farallon Slab. Science, 16 July 2010: Vol. 329. no. 5989, pp. 316 - 319 DOI: 10.1126/science.1190366
 * Testing hypotheses on plate-driving mechanisms with global lithosphere models including topography, thermal structure and faults Bird 1998
 * Slab pull and the seismotectonics of subducting lithospere, Spence 1987
 * W. P. Schellart, D. R. Stegman, R. J. Farrington, J. Freeman, and L. Moresi. Cenozoic Tectonics of Western North America Controlled by Evolving Width of Farallon Slab. Science, 16 July 2010: Vol. 329. no. 5989, pp. 316 - 319 DOI: 10.1126/science.1190366
 * W. P. Schellart, D. R. Stegman, R. J. Farrington, J. Freeman, and L. Moresi. Cenozoic Tectonics of Western North America Controlled by Evolving Width of Farallon Slab. Science, 16 July 2010: Vol. 329. no. 5989, pp. 316 - 319 DOI: 10.1126/science.1190366

After 2000

 * 35 citations.
 * 74 citations.
 * 35 citations.
 * 74 citations.

Series

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 * M. Richards, P. Bunge, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni (2000), Mantle convection and plate motion history, in: M.A. Richards, R. Gordon, R. van der Hilst (Eds.), History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 121, AGU, Washington, DC,, pp. 289^307.
 * R. Gordon (2000), Di¡use oceanic plate boundaries : Strain rates, vertically averaged rheology, and comparisons with narrow plate boundaries and stable interiors, in: M.A. Richards, R. Gordon, R. van der Hilst (Eds.), History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 121, AGU, Washington, DC, pp. 143^159.
 * M. Gurnis, S. Zhong, J. Toth (2000), On the competing roles of fault reactivation and brittle failure in generating plate tectonics from mantle convection, in: M.A. Richards, R. Gordon, R. van der Hilst (Eds.), History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 121, AGU, Washington, DC, pp. 73^94.
 * P. Tackley (2000), The quest for self-consistent generation of plate tectonics in mantle convection models, in: M.A. Richards, R. Gordon, R. van der Hilst (Eds.), History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 121, AGU, Washington, DC, pp. 47^72.
 * Slab pull force Slab suction force Ridge push force

After 1990

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