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The fragmentation of continents at convergent plate boundaries is thought to be influenced by the subducting lithosphere. Numerical modelling suggests that instead, the forces exerted by the

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AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Christine Siddoway is in the Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache la Poudre, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, USA. [email protected],

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