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The distinctive east–west shear zones that transected the region were, they said, sutures left by the most ancient plate-tectonic collisions on our planet, during the early Proterozoic eon, which began around 2.5 billion years ago.

From Nature • Feb. 5, 2018

In the ridge-push/slab-pull model, which is the one that has been adopted by most geologists working on plate-tectonic problems, the lithosphere is the upper surface of the convection cells, as is illustrated in Figure 10.29.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

In order to be preserved, sediments must accumulate in long-lasting sedimentary basins, most of which form through plate-tectonic processes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Figure 4.3 The plate-tectonic settings of common types of volcanism.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

She thinks plate-tectonic theory, though correct in many respects, has had considerable bosh swept under it.

From Time Magazine Archive