Researchers discover that plates move in 2 phases: a slow phase & a fast phase, explaining the differences between proximal and distal margins and demonstrating that abrupt plate acceleration during continental rifting is controlled by the nonlinear decay of the resistive rift strength force.

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Researchers discover that plates move in 2 phases: a slow phase & a fast phase, explaining the differences between proximal and distal margins and demonstrating that abrupt plate acceleration during continental rifting is controlled by the nonlinear decay of the resistive rift strength force.