On the role of slab pull in the Cenozoic motion of the Pacific plate

Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates

(2011) Michael Gurnis et al.   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

Quantifying the forces needed for the rapid change of Pacific plate motion at 6Ma

(2011) Jacqueline Austermann et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Indian and African plate motions driven by the push force of the Réunion plume head

(2011) Steven C. Cande et al.   NATURE

Toward an explanation for the present and past locations of the poles

(2010) B. Steinberger et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Control of seafloor aging on the migration of the Izu–Bonin–Mariana trench

(2009) Claudio Faccenna et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Pacific absolute plate motion since 145 Ma: An assessment of the fixed hot spot hypothesis

(2008) Paul Wessel et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Long-Term Sea-Level Fluctuations Driven by Ocean Basin Dynamics

(2008) R. D. Muller et al.   SCIENCE