Barry Parsons coauthored an analysis of how ocean-floor depth and heat flux change with age, using those data to compare models of cooling oceanic lithosphere.[ref]
The study illustrates a useful test of geophysical models: one thermal structure must account for both oceanic thermal subsidence and surface heat loss. Agreement with a depth curve alone would leave a larger range of possible thermal histories.

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