Plate Tectonics (IMAGE)

University of Sydney

Plate Tectonics

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The image shows a snapshot from the film after 45 million years of spreading. The pink is the region where the mantle underneath the early continent has melted, facilitating its spreading, and the initiation of the plate tectonic process.

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Patrice Rey, Nicolas Flament and Nicolas Coltice.

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