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Slab control on the mega-sized North Pacific ultra-low velocity zone
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- Ultra-low velocity zones (ULVZs) are localized small-scale patches with extreme physical properties at the core-mantle boundary. Here, the authors discover a mega-sized ULVZ (1,500 × 900 km) at the northern edge of the Pacific Large Low Velocity Province.
- Subjects :
- Science
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723 and 10621040
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0fc9c879ac8448e49ad10621040f284a
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28708-8