During the quadrennial term 1979–1982, major advances have been made in our
knowledge of the rheology of the oceanic lithosphere by the skillful combination of …

This report proposes a plate tectonic model that can explain the Early/Middle Ordovician
erosional unconformity observed along much of the western margin of the Appalachian …

The conventional magnitude scale M suffers saturation when the rupture dimension of the
earthquake exceeds the wavelength of the seismic waves used for the magnitude …

A number of possible mechanisms have recently been proposed for driving the motions of
the lithospheric plates, such as pushing from mid-ocean ridges, pulling by downgoing slabs …

Trench‐arc systems (subduction zones) can be classified into two types depending on
whether or not actively opening back‐arc basins are associated with them. This suggests …

It is well accepted that the lithosphere may exhibit nonzero mechanical strength over
geological time and space scales, associated with the existence of non‐lithostatic …

Previous attempts to deduce the stress distribution in the bending lithosphere near a
consuming plate margin have relied on the observed bathymetry and an assumed …

Contemporary in situ tectonic stress indicators along the San Andreas fault system in central
California show northeast-directed horizontal compression that is nearly perpendicular to …

Active continental margins and the active flanks of island arcs lie in the forearc regions of arc-
trench systems generated by plate consumption. Arc-trench systems are initiated by …

The Bouguer gravity anomaly over the Himalayan, Alpine, and Appalachian mountains is
characterized by a generally asymmetric gravity “low”, which spans the mountains and …