Earth science: The slippery base of a tectonic plate.

• Autores: Catherine A. Rychert
• Localización: Nature: International weekly journal of science, ISSN 0028-0836, Vol. 518, Nº 7537, 2015, págs. 39-40
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • High-resolution imaging of the base of the Pacific plate as it descends beneath New Zealand discloses a 10-kilometre-thick channel that decouples the plate from underlying upper mantle. See Letter p.85