Plate reconstructions provide a fundamental framework for understanding the evolution of Earth's surface and its connection to mantle dynamics through geological time. At the same time, geological, geochemical, and paleomagnetic records, geophysical observations, including seismic tomography, together with geodynamic constraints, provide opportunities to test and refine plate histories. Bridging these perspectives therefore provides a unique opportunity to jointly decipher the evolution of Earth's surface and deep interior.

This session aims to bring together researchers working across plate reconstructions, tectonics, and mantle dynamics, highlighting studies that link plate kinematic histories to mantle convection and deep structure. We invite contributions on: global and regional plate reconstructions; geological, geophysical, geochemical, paleomagnetic, and geodynamic constraints on refining plate histories; incorporation of plate reconstructions into mantle convection models (both forward and inverse); data assimilation and adjoint-based approaches for constraining plate and mantle evolution; numerical models that self-consistently generate plate-like behavior; methods for identifying, tracking, and characterizing plates and plate boundaries; and approaches for evaluating reconstructions and geodynamic models against observations of the present-day and past Earth. Interdisciplinary contributions bridging kinematics, observational geology/geophysics, and computational geodynamics are especially encouraged.