Croon MB, Hillier JK, Sclater JG. Comment on "Mantle flow drives the subsidence of oceanic plates".
Science 2011;
331:1011; author reply 1011. [PMID:
21350152 DOI:
10.1126/science.1193587]
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Abstract
Adam and Vidal (Reports, 2 April 2010, p. 83) reported sea-floor depth increasing as the square root of distance from the ridge along "mantle flow lines." However, their data actually support a depth-age relationship and "flattening" at older ages. We argue that no plausible physical mechanism supports their proposal that mantle flow drives subsidence.
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