Lost ‘Resurrection’ Tectonic Plate Found In Northern Canada – Geologists Say

A 3D block diagram across North America showing a mantle tomography image reveals the Slab Unfolding method used to flatten the Farallon tectonic plate. By doing this, Fuston and Wu were able to locate the lost Resurrection plate. Credit: Spencer Fuston and Jonny Wu, University of Houston Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

The lost ‘Resurrection’ tectonic plate has long been a topic of debate among geologists.

Some have questioned its existence, arguing it was never real. Others, on the other hand, say it subducted—moved sideways and downward—into the earth’s mantle somewhere in the Pacific Margin between 40 and 60 million years ago.

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