Rapid Plate Motion Variations and Continental Uplift as Surface Expressions of Asthenospheric Flow

Lorenzo Colli1, Ingo Stotz2, Hans-Peter Bunge1, Mark Andrew Smethurst3, Stuart Raymond Clark4, Giampiero Iaffaldano2, Andres Tassara5, Francois Guillocheau6 and Maria Chiara Bianchi1, (1)Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, (2)University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, (3)Camborne School of Mines, Penryn, TR10, United Kingdom, (4)Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway, (5)University of Concepcion, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Concepcion, Chile, (6)Université de Rennes, Géosciences Rennes, Rennes, France