A. G. Smith: deceased.
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Smith, A.G. (2020). Plates and Paleoreconstructions. In: Gupta, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10475-7_170-1
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