Mark,
I think you could extract most, if not all, a lot of the information you
seek from a very recent Peter Bird contribution:
Bird, P. (2003): An updated digital model of plate boundaries. -
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4(3). 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252
Peter
At 09:26 02/04/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I have been looking for a while for a publication that summarizes features
>of modern plate boundaries.
>For instance, it is often noted that there is about 40,000 km of subduction
>zone on the modern earth,
>but I cannot find any paper as a source for that figure. I am also looking
>for the average subduction
>velocity at modern plate boundaries. Can any one point me in the right
>direction for this information.
>Cheers,
>Mark Brandon
>
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