Sentences with phrase «entire subduction»
Not exact matches
Although the rate of subduction varies little along the entire arc, there are complex changes in the geologic processes along the subduction zone that dramatically influence volcanic activity, crustal deformation, earthquake generation and occurrence all along the western edge of South America.
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«But around 100 million years ago subduction came to a halt, resulting in the entire region being uplifted, forming the Eastern Highlands.»
The project «offers a unique opportunity to image the seismic structures associated with an entire plate, including its spreading center and subduction zone, within an easily accessible part of the continental and offshore United States,» said University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher Haiying Gao, a guest editor of the SRL focus section.
Just look at this: BTW it didn't happend in the medieval optimum or in the Maunder Minimum, it's happening now in the «Jose Minimum»: Chilean Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet West, Shifted Other Parts of South America http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100308132043.htm This is against the expected «subduction» direction predicted by «models» of the Nazca plate under SA