Model Realistically Simulates Plate TectonicsETH Zurich scientists have for the first time succeeded in realistically simulating how an oceanic plate sinks of its own accord under an adjacent plate. At the same time they showed why only one of the plates rather than both subducts into the Earth’s mantle, and how this process affects the dynamics of the Earth’s interior. Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Model-Realistically-Simulates-Plate-Tectonics-022412.aspx

Model Realistically Simulates Plate Tectonics

ETH Zurich scientists have for the first time succeeded in realistically simulating how an oceanic plate sinks of its own accord under an adjacent plate. At the same time they showed why only one of the plates rather than both subducts into the Earth’s mantle, and how this process affects the dynamics of the Earth’s interior.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Model-Realistically-Simulates-Plate-Tectonics-022412.aspx