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ABEI Journal, 2021 This section brings different voices from writers who narrate their experience as readers of John Banville’s work to pay tribute to his 50 years of an inspiring writing.
Neil Hegarty
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The Evolution of the Continental Crust and the Onset of Plate Tectonics [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 The Earth is the only known planet where plate tectonics is active, and different studies have concluded that plate tectonics commenced at times from the early Hadean to 700 Ma.
Chris J. Hawkesworth +2 more
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Coexisting divergent and convergent plate boundary assemblages indicate plate tectonics in the Neoarchean [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 This study reports coexisting Neoarchean divergent and convergent plate boundary rock assemblages, providing new evidence for the operation of plate tectonics 2.55–2.51 billion years ago; and also suggests the subduction zone was warm then.
Bo Huang +5 more
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Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 Over a geological timescale, plate tectonics are thought to promote biodiversity, but this link remained descriptive. Here, Leprieur et al. model dynamically how plate tectonics shaped species diversification and movement of hotspots on tropical reefs ...
Fabien Leprieur +11 more
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The importance of continents, oceans and plate tectonics for the evolution of complex life: implications for finding extraterrestrial civilizations [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWithin the uncertainties of involved astronomical and biological parameters, the Drake Equation typically predicts that there should be many exoplanets in our galaxy hosting active, communicative civilizations (ACCs).
Robert J. Stern, Taras V. Gerya
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Transition towards plate tectonics tracked in the metamorphic signature of Neoarchean synmagmatic transpression [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSecular mantle cooling has progressively strengthened Earth’s lithosphere, enabling a variety of tectonic styles. The emergence of transpressional orogens in the Neoarchean is interpreted to reflect this strengthening, during a transitional phase leading
Ivan Zibra +4 more
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On the plate velocity scaling break [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis research presents the discovery of a kink in the frequency-size distribution of plate angular velocities in different reference frames, a feature not predicted by current physical models of plate tectonics.
Davide Zaccagnino +3 more
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Using PhET™ interactive simulation plate tectonics for initial teacher education [PDF]
Geoscience Communication, 2021 Using digital educational resources (DERs) in science education is an effective way of promoting students' content knowledge of complex natural processes.
B. Cavadas +3 more
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Paleomagnetic evidence for Neoarchean plate mobilism [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPlate tectonics is a unique feature of Earth, but its proposed time of initiation is still controversial, with published estimates ranging from ca. 4.2 to 0.7 Ga.
Jikai Ding +7 more
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Earth and Planetary Physics, 2021 The theory of plate tectonics came together in the 1960s, achieving wide acceptance after 1968. Since then it has been the most successful framework for investigations of Earth’s evolution. Subduction of the oceanic lithosphere, as the engine that drives
Gang Lu +4 more
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