First global map of Earth's underworld

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3125, 2017, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but at least there's flow a map to get one there. The map is the first to show the whereabouts of almost 100 massive remnants of tectonic plates that long ago sank into the bowels of the Earth through a process called subduction. Knowing the positions of huge, ancient slab remnants could prove invaluable for geological research and exploration and could bring scientists closer to forecasting earthquakes.