Perennial Plate Tectonics (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Perennial Plate Tectonics (2 of 2)

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The Wilson Cycle (or supercontinent cycle) showing some of the main features of plate tectonics. Additional plate tectonic processes (e.g., intraplate deformation, an example of mantle lithosphere deformation, and large low shear wave velocity provinces (LLSVPs)) lie outside the conventional realm of plate tectonics.

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Russell Pysklywec, Philip Heron, Randell Stephenson

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