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Caribbean plate tilted and actively dragged eastwards by low-viscosity asthenospheric flow
oleh: Yi-Wei Chen, Lorenzo Colli, Dale E. Bird, Jonny Wu, Hejun Zhu
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Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Here, the authors follow a new approach using analytic solutions for Poiseuille-Couette channel flow to compute asthenospheric viscosities under the Caribbean. Active asthenospheric flow observed under the Caribbean contradicts the traditional view that the asthenosphere is only a passive lubricating layer for Earth’s tectonic plates.