Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The author supports the theory of plate tectonics with a plume component, pointing out the weak aspects of the arguments regarding the banded magnetic anomalies (BMA) of the ocean floor, which are the subject of discussions between supporters and opponents of this concept. Noting V.V. Gordienko's critical approach to the BMA, the author acknowledges the shortcomings of the justifications, but emphasizes the weight of other evidence for the existence of plate tectonics, such as seismotomography, tectonophysics, paleoclimate, etc.
Source: Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal
Author: O.B. Gintov
Institution: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Language: English
Subfield: Geology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405590094