Mark A. Richards

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• Plume generation in natural thermal convection at high Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers
• The dynamics of Cenozoic and Mesozoic plate motions
• Time scales and heterogeneous structure in geodynamic earth models
• An explanation for Earth's long-term rotational stability
• Plate motion changes, the Hawaiian-Emperor bend, and the apparent success and failure of geodynamic models
• Cenozoic plate driving forces
• Toroidal-poloidal partitioning of plate motions since 120 ma