Pacific plate shrinking as it cools: Calculations challenge assumptions about rigid lithosphere

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 10:00 in Earth & Climate

The tectonic plate that dominates the Pacific "Ring of Fire" is not as rigid as many scientists assume, according to researchers at Rice University and the University of Nevada.

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