Lost and Found: UH Geologists 'Resurrect' Missing Tectonic Plate
October 20, 2020
October 20, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:
The existence of a tectonic plate called Resurrection has long been a topic of debate among geologists, with some arguing it was never real. Others say it subducted - moved sideways and downward - into the earth's mantle somewhere in the Pacific Margin between 40 and 60 million years ago.
A team of geologists at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and . . .
The existence of a tectonic plate called Resurrection has long been a topic of debate among geologists, with some arguing it was never real. Others say it subducted - moved sideways and downward - into the earth's mantle somewhere in the Pacific Margin between 40 and 60 million years ago.
A team of geologists at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and . . .