Initiation of the Andean orogeny by lower mantle subduction

2017/03/03 by Claudio Faccenna, Onno Oncken, Adam Holt +3 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Crust #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geophysics #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Hotspot (geology) #Mantle (geology) #Mantle wedge #Oceanic crust #Seismology #Slab #Slab window #Subduction #Tectonics #Thickening #Transition zone #Trench #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.041

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• Subduction [wikipedia]