[meteorite-list] Asteroid Impacts May Have Triggered Plate Tectonics

[Paul]

Meteor Pelting May Have Triggered Plate Tectonics
Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery News

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/12/10/meteors-earth.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/12/10/meteors-earth-print.html

Hansen , V. L., 2007, Subduction origin on early Earth: A hypothesis.
Geology. vol. 35, no. 12, pp.  1059–1062 

http://www.gsajournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1130%2FG24202A.1

Yours,

Paul H.


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