The Evolution of Earth’s Tectonic Plates over the Past Billion Years

SHORT VIDEO CLIPS, 22 Feb 2021

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8 Feb 2021

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Researchers released a new model of Earth’s tectonic plates evolution over the last billion years.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-yQQeXUJQ&feature=youtu.be
Credit:

Dr Andrew Merdith/University of Lyon
Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic
Andrew S. Merdith, Simon E.Williams, Alan S.Collins, Michael G.Tetley, Jacob A.Mulder, Morgan L.Blades, AlexanderYoung, Sheree E. Armistead, JohnCannon, Sabin Zahirovic, R. Dietmar Müller
Earth-Science Reviews DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103477
Music: Earthly Destiny by Sir Cubworth courtesy of YouTube Audio Library

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One Response to “The Evolution of Earth’s Tectonic Plates over the Past Billion Years”

1. Jens says:

   25 Feb 2021 at 12:10

   This here is much simpler. Since 1980

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kL7qDeI05U
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Othb0xsvZb4