Lydian Boschman
Earth Sciences - Mantle dynamics & theoretical geophysics
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
PhD candidate Lydian Boschman and her supervisor Douwe van Hinsbergen at Utrecht University now have found the solution for this paradox. Surprisingly, their solution was inspired by a textbook written in the 1980s. This book, used in the Earth Sciences Bachelor’s programme, sets out the different ways in which plate boundaries can meet in a tectonic three-way intersection. Boschman and van Hinsbergen realised that one of these explained precisely how the Pacific Plate developed.
Research Interest
Plate kinematics
Publications
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L.M. Boschman (27.07.2016) Birth of Earth’s largest ocean: Scientist reveal how odd line up of tectonic plates created the Pacific millions of years ago
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Boschman, Lydian M. & van Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J. (27.07.2016). On the enigmatic birth of the Pacific Plate within the Panthalassa Ocean. Science advances, 2 (7).
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Schepers, Gerben, Van Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J., Spakman, Wim, Kosters, Martha E., Boschman, Lydian M. & McQuarrie, Nadine (16.05.2017). South-American plate advance and forced Andean trench retreat as drivers for transient flat subduction episodes. Nature Communications, 8.
