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VIDEO: Elements of a newly discovered process in plate tectonics include a mass (rock slab weight), a pulley (trench), a dashpot (microcontinent), and a string (oceanic plate) that connects these elements. view more
Credit: Erkan Gün/University of Toronto
TORONTO, ON - Geoscientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Istanbul Technical University have discovered a new process in plate tectonics which shows that tremendous damage occurs to areas of Earth s crust long before it should be geologically altered by known plate-boundary processes, highlighting the need to amend current understandings of the planet s tectonic cycle.