Impact of tidal friction on the motion of lithospheric plates and earthquake activity

Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting

(2023) Junlin Hua et al.   Nature Geoscience

Tidal drag and westward drift of the lithosphere

(2023) Vincenzo Nesi et al.   Geoscience Frontiers

About the energy and age of the plate tectonics

(2021) Peter Varga et al.   TERRA NOVA

Tidal modulation of plate motions

(2020) Davide Zaccagnino et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

The ability of significant tidal stress to initiate plate tectonics

(2019) J.J. Zanazzi et al.   ICARUS

The westward drift of the lithosphere: A tidal ratchet?

(2018) A. Carcaterra et al.   Geoscience Frontiers

Asthenosphere rheology inferred from observations of the 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake

(2016) Yan Hu et al.   NATURE

The ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009): Introduction

(2015) D.A. Storchak et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Public Release of the ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900-2009)

(2013) D. A. Storchak et al.   SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Non-random distribution of euler poles: is plate tectonics subject to rotational effects?

(2012) Christian Vérard et al.   TERRA NOVA

Lithosphere–asthenosphere viscosity contrast and decoupling

(2011) Carlo Doglioni et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Plate tectonics and net lithosphere rotation over the past 150My

(2010) Trond H. Torsvik et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Constraints on lithosphere net rotation and asthenospheric viscosity from global mantle flow models and seismic anisotropy

(2010) Clinton P. Conrad et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Viscosity of the asthenosphere from glacial isostatic adjustment and subduction dynamics at the northern Cascadia subduction zone, British Columbia, Canada

(2009) Thomas S. James et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Theory of lattice strain in a material undergoing plastic deformation: Basic formulation and applications to a cubic crystal

(2009) Shun-ichiro Karato   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Can Earth's rotation and tidal despinning drive plate tectonics?

(2009) Federica Riguzzi et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS