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Transform Faults, Fracture Zones, and the Kinematics of Horizontal Thermal Contraction of Oceanic Lithosphere
… Kumar and Gordon [2009] advance the theory of horizontal thermal contraction of oceanic lithosphere as the ultimate test of plate rigidity and predict that relative intraplate velocities due to horizontal thermal contraction within the oceanic lithosphere of a tectonic plate can be as high as 3 …