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Trench-parallel flow beneath the nazca plate from seismic anisotropy

R M Russo, P G Silver

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |February 25, 1994
    PubMed
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    Shear-wave splitting reveals mantle flow beneath the Nazca plate is horizontal and trench-parallel, not 2D entrained. This flow pattern influences plate tectonics and geological features in South America and the Caribbean.

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