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Nazca Ridge

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Geophysics Solid Earth Mantle convection Plate tectonics Tectonic plate Nazca Plate
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A prominent oceanic ridge on the Nazca Plate entering the Peruvian subduction zone. Its association with variations in slab dip motivates tests using seismic geometry, plate reconstructions and the thermal and compositional contributions to slab buoyancy.

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  • Past exam of the plate tectonics course of the University of Oxford / 2022 / 3 / b / Solution

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