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In the early 1970s, a series of “second-generation” plate tectonics papers appeared in which the reconstruction techniques introduced by Bullard, Everett and Smith (1965) were progressively modified and applied to magnetic isochrons and paleofracture zones. McKenzie and Sclater (1971) attempted the first model of opening of the central Indian Ocean. Their technique involved fitting fracture zones with an instantaneous pole and assuming constant spreading rate to fit segments of the Maldive Ridge (African plate) to the Chagos Ridge (Indian plate).
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Pilger, R.H. (2003). Plate Kinematic and Reconstruction Fundamentals. In: Geokinematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07439-8_3
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