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DEEP SEISMICITY AND MODES OF DEFORMATION IN TONGA SUBDUCTION ZONE

Abstract:: The geometry of deep ( greater than 400 km) earthquakes in the subducting western edge of the Pacific plate, when related to the local distribution of seismic activity, reveals a complex pattern of planes of shear failure, enabling the modes of deformation by which the descending plate shortens and thickens to be identified. The deepest part of the slab is displaced laterally, suggesting that it fails to penetrate the discontinuity at 670 km.

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Giardini, D., & Woodhouse, J. (1984). DEEP SEISMICITY AND MODES OF DEFORMATION IN TONGA SUBDUCTION ZONE. NATURE, 307(5951), 505–509.

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Giardini, D., and J. Woodhouse. “DEEP SEISMICITY AND MODES OF DEFORMATION IN TONGA SUBDUCTION ZONE.” NATURE, vol. 307, no. 5951, 1984, pp. 505–09.

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Giardini, D, and J Woodhouse. 1984. “DEEP SEISMICITY AND MODES OF DEFORMATION IN TONGA SUBDUCTION ZONE.” NATURE 307 (5951): 505–9.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Earth Sciences
Role:: Author

Journal:: NATURE More from this journal
Volume:: 307
Issue:: 5951
Pages:: 505-509
Publication date:: 1984-01-01
DOI:: 10.1038/307505a0
ISSN:: 0028-0836

Language:: English
Pubs id:: pubs:187587
UUID:: uuid:79c56734-09cd-48e4-9c35-43989ecb716a
Local pid:: pubs:187587
Source identifiers:: 187587
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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