Slab temperature controls on the Tonga double seismic zone and slab mantle dehydration
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Slab temperature controls on the Tonga double seismic zone and slab mantle dehydration
Double seismic zones are two-layered distributions of intermediate-depth earthquakes that provide insight into the thermomechanical state of subducting slabs. We present new precise hypocenters of intermediate-depth earthquakes in the Tonga subduction zone obtained using data from local island-based, ocean-bottom, and global seismographs. The results show a downdip compressional upper plane and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science Advances
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601755