Our understanding of the dynamics of plate motions is based almost entirely upon modeling
of present‐day plate motions. A fuller understanding, however, can be derived from …

Variations in sea-floor depth and heat flow with age provide the main constraints on the
thermal structure and evolution of the oceanic lithosphere. Joint fitting of heat flow and …

Discovering the connection between processes observed to occur at the surface of the Earth
and its internal dynamics remains an essential goal in the Earth sciences. Deep mantle …

Using Cenozoic and Mesozoic plate motion reconstructions, we derive a model of present‐
day mantle density heterogeneity under the assumption that subducted slabs sink vertically …

We present an a priori three-dimensional 'tomographic'model of the upper mantle. We
construct this model (called 3SMAC—three-dimensional seismological model a priori …

Maps of residual bathymetry in the ocean basins around the African continent reveal a broad
bathymetric swell in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean with an amplitude of about 500m. We …

Convective circulation of the mantle causes deflections of the Earth's surface that vary as a
function of space and time. Accurate measurements of this dynamic topography are …

New results from a two-ship refraction and oblique reflection deep seismic cruise are
presented to discuss the nature of the crust in the Ionian, Sirte and Herodotus abyssal …

We reassess the applicability of the thermal plate cooling model to the subsidence of the
North Pacific, Atlantic and North Indian Ocean Basins. We use a new numerical plate model …

We present an overview of the relation between mantle dynamics and plate tectonics,
adopting the perspective that the plates are the surface manifestation, ie, the top thermal …