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Are ridge offset along fracture zones easier to explain with mantle-deep convection causing plate motion or with shallow convection occurring as a result of plate motion?
Question Date: 2012-02-13
Answer 1:

The way a plate breaks up does not inform us regarding the depth of convection.



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