A $2.7 million multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional NSF-Frontiers of Earth Science grant has been awarded to a team led by Carnegie's Lara Wagner to study an active flat slab in Colombia. A flat ...

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Figure 2: Conceptual model of flat slab flat slab subduction in a mantle reference frame. Figure 6: Absolute plate motions and trench retreat estimates. Figure 7: Conceptual model of the formation of ...

Unlike standard subduction, in which a tectonic plate descends beneath another plate into Earth, flat slab subduction is a process in which a tectonic plate descends to depths of about 30 to 60 miles ...