▪ Abstract The subducted lithosphere is composed of a complex pattern of chemical systems
that undergo continuous and discontinuous phase transformation, through pressure and …

We describe best-fitting angular velocities and MORVEL, a new closure-enforced set of
angular velocities for the geologically current motions of 25 tectonic plates that collectively …

The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant …

Subducted crust refertilizes the subarc mantle wedge as well as the deep convecting mantle.
In the subarc region, mass transfer occurs mainly through fluids, melts, or supercritical …

In a study of geological and geophysical data from the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, we have
identified 17 large, domed edifices (megamullions) that have surfaces corrugated by …

The strips of ocean crust formed at the inside corners of both transform and non-transform
offsets on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are punctuated by topographic highs—the'inside-corner …

Abyssal-hill-bounding faults that pervade the oceanic crust are the most common tectonic
feature on the surface of the Earth. The recognition that these faults form at plate spreading …

Biochemical studies indicate that the Drosophila timeless protein (Tim) is a stoichiometric
partner of the period protein (Per) in fly head extracts. A Per-Tim heterodimeric complex …

Abstract The Reykjanes Ridge is a key setting to study plate boundary processes overlaid
on a regional mantle melting anomaly. The ridge originated as one arm of a ridge-ridge …

Thermal models based on the geometry of axial segmentation, and mechanical models of
axial valley formation, suggest that the axial lithosphere of slow spreading ridges can be …