Figure 3
From: Assessing plate reconstruction models using plate driving force consistency tests
Comparison of the different ways of calculating the lithospheric thickening—or ridge push—forces acting on the Earth’s plates. The small white vectors show the 2D ridge push forces at the mid ocean ridge calculated from Eq. (3), which is integrated over the total ridge length to yield the green ridge push vector. The other vectors are all derived from Eqs. (4) and (5), with the pink vector derived from a half-space cooling model for oceanic lithospheric thickness, the cyan vector using a GPE field based on the plate model (Eq. 2), and the blue vector also including continental GPE as well as oceanic. This is for the M2016 model, but only for the 13 major plates, including a combined Indo-Australian plate.
