Plate tectonics
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The theory of Plate tectonics – developed from Alfred Wegener’s theory of Continental Drift to explain the movement of the continents – has become the prevailing theory underpinning our understanding of the Earth; how land forms, and the origin of extreme events. Plate tectonics explains why mountains form, earthquakes happen and why volcanoes occur where they do. Research in plate tectonics is broad, including constructive and destructive plate boundaries, intra-plate volcanism, and the origin and evolution of the lithosphere.
This Collection brings together the latest research across the breadth of the field of plate tectonics.
Editors
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Andrea Billi
Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, Italy
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Zheng-Xiang Li
Curtin University, Australia
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Masaki Yoshida
Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology, Japan
Collections articles undergo Scientific Reports' standard peer review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. This includes the journal’s policy on competing interests. The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.
This Collection has not been supported by sponsorship.
