The global network of plate boundaries c
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L.-E. Ricou
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The global network of plate boundaries can be divided into two discrete subnetworks containing the spreading and subduction boundaries, respectively. We advocate that this division is a stable pattern that derives from consistency rules in rigid‐plate rotations. Subduction is distributed along a sin