Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Oceanic microplate formation records the onset of India-Eurasia collision
Published 2016-01-01Mapping of seafloor tectonic fabric in the Indian Ocean, using high-resolution satellite-derived vertical gravity gradient data, reveals an extinct Pacific-style oceanic microplate ('Mammerickx Microplate') west of the ...Open AccessArticle -
Global patterns in Earth's dynamic topography since the Jurassic: The role of subducted slabs
Published 2017-09-11We evaluate the spatial and temporal evolution of Earth's long-wavelength surface dynamic topography since the Jurassic using a series of high-resolution global mantle convection models. These models are Earth-like in terms ...Open AccessArticle -
Improving global paleogeography since the late Paleozoic using paleobiology
Published 2017-12-04Paleogeographic reconstructions are important to understand Earth's tectonic evolution, past eustatic and regional sea level change, paleoclimate and ocean circulation, deep Earth resources and to constrain and interpret ...Open AccessArticle -
Oceanic crustal carbon cycle drives 26-million-year atmospheric carbon dioxide periodicities
Published 2018-02-02Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) data for the last 420 million years (My) show long-term fluctuations related to supercontinent cycles as well as shorter cycles at 26 to 32 My whose origin is unknown. Periodicities of 26 ...Open AccessArticle -
Oblique rifting: The rule, not the exception
Published 2018-10-26Movements of tectonic plates often induce oblique deformation at divergent plate boundaries. This is in striking contrast with traditional conceptual models of rifting and rifted margin formation, which often assume 2-D ...Open AccessArticle