Evidence of lower-mantle slab penetration phases in plate motions

Saskia Goes (), Fabio A. Capitanio and Gabriele Morra
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Saskia Goes: Imperial College London
Fabio A. Capitanio: Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Gabriele Morra: Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Nature, 2008, vol. 451, issue 7181, 981-984

Abstract: Identification of lower-mantle slab penetration events by comparing Cenozoic plate motions at the Earth's main subduction zones with motions predicted by fully dynamic models of the upper-mantle phase of subduction, driven solely by downgoing plate density.

Date: 2008
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