Pontus oceanic mega-plate (IMAGE)
Caption
The Pontus oceanic plate that was reconstructed by Suzanna van de Lagemaat: its location in the paleo-Pacific ocean 120 million years ago, and its present relicts. An earlier study showed that a large subduction zone must have run through the western paleo-Pacific Ocean, which separated the known Pacific plates in the east from a hypothetical Pontus plate in the west. This hypothesis has now been independently demonstrated by Van de Lagemaat’s research.
Credit
Suzanna van de Lagemaat, Utrecht University
Usage Restrictions
May only be used provided the source is acknowledged
License
Original content