Comment on "Mantle flow drives the subsidence of oceanic plates"

Comment on "Mantle flow drives the subsidence of oceanic plates"

Adam and Vidal (Reports, 2 April 2010, p. 83) reported sea-floor depth increasing as the square root of distance from the ridge along "mantle flow lines." However, their data actually support a depth-age relationship and "flattening" at older ages. We argue that no plausible phys...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2011-02, Vol.331 (6020), p.1011; author reply 1011-1011
Hauptverfasser: Croon, Marcel B, Hillier, John K, Sclater, John G
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Oceans
Physical geography
Plate tectonics
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Zusammenfassung:Adam and Vidal (Reports, 2 April 2010, p. 83) reported sea-floor depth increasing as the square root of distance from the ridge along "mantle flow lines." However, their data actually support a depth-age relationship and "flattening" at older ages. We argue that no plausible physical mechanism supports their proposal that mantle flow drives subsidence.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1193587