Decrease in oceanic crustal thickness since the breakup of Pangaea
Van Avendonk, H.J.A.; Davis, J.K.; Harding, J.L.; Lawver, L.A. (2017). Decrease in oceanic crustal thickness since the breakup of Pangaea. Nature Geoscience 10(1): 58-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2849
In: Nature Geoscience. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1752-0894; e-ISSN 1752-0908, more
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- Van Avendonk, H.J.A.
- Davis, J.K.
- Harding, J.L.
- Lawver, L.A.
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| Abstract |
Thicker oceanic crust forms from a hot mantle. Observations of unusually thick oceanic crust that formed 170 million years ago in the Atlantic and Indian oceans suggest that the ancient supercontinent Pangaea helped insulate and warm the mantle. |
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