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After Moores, E.M., and Twiss, R.J., 1995, Tectonics: New York, Freeman. © Copied under license from CANCOPY; further reproduction prohibited. |
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Table and Map of Plate Velocities (Hotspot reference frame)
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after: McKenzie, D. P., & Morgan, W. J. (1969). Evolution of triple junctions. Nature, 224, 125–133 and Moores, E.M., and Twiss, R.J., 1995, Tectonics: New York, Freeman.
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All possible triple junction topologies
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Motion relative to NA. After: Engebretson, D.C., Cox, A., and Gordon, R.G., 1985, Relative Motions Between Oceanic and Continental Plates in the Pacific Basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper 206, 59 p. Reproduced under license from CANCOPY © Further reproduction prohibited.