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1. Introduction (a) Timescales of deformation The movement of the lithospheric plates ultimately sets the timescales for most tectonic processes in the solid Earth. Plates typically move relative to each other at velocities between 10 and 100 mm yr−1, accommodated in plate boundary zones 100–1000 km wide. Thus, large-scale geological strain rates of deformation are generally in the range 10−6 to 10−8/yr [1–3].
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