Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4687996 | Journal of Geodynamics | 2015 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
Finally, we propose that the Copiapó ridge could have controlled the northern edge of the Chilean-Pampean flat slab, due to higher buoyancy, similarly to the control that the Juan Fernandez ridge exerts in the geometry of the flat slab further south.
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Authors
Orlando Álvarez, Mario Gimenez, Andres Folguera, Silvana Spagnotto, Emilce Bustos, Walter Baez, Carla Braitenberg,