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Transform Faults, Fracture Zones, and the Kinematics of Horizontal Thermal Contraction of Oceanic Lithosphere
Plate rigidity is a key assumption of the plate tectonics theory. The assumption allows us to study plate motion on Earth with great simplicity. However, recent developments in understanding plate cooling have put the assumption of plate rigidity to test. Kumar and Gordon [2009] advance the theory …
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The role of long-term tectonic deformation on present day seismicity in the Caribbean and Central America
… step, we delineate zones of deformation and rigidity by creating a buffer around the boundary of each block that varies depending on the size of the block and the expected deformation zone, which are based on locations of GNSS data consistent with rigid block motion. Fourth, we assign the …