Plate tectonics is the surface expression of mantle convection. Seismic observations at the Cascadia subduction zone show that coupling between tectonic plate motion and mantle flow may depend on the size of the plate.
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Currie, C. Go with the flow. Nature Geosci 8, 901–902 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2594
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