Caribbean plate tilted and actively dragged eastwards by low-viscosity asthenospheric flow
Here, the authors follow a new approach using analytic solutions for Poiseuille-Couette channel flow to compute asthenospheric viscosities under the Caribbean. Active asthenospheric flow observed under the Caribbean contradicts the traditional view that the asthenosphere is only a passive lubricatin...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/65d116ca11cb4c1cabc8f71a64d9be70 |
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| Sumario: | Here, the authors follow a new approach using analytic solutions for Poiseuille-Couette channel flow to compute asthenospheric viscosities under the Caribbean. Active asthenospheric flow observed under the Caribbean contradicts the traditional view that the asthenosphere is only a passive lubricating layer for Earth’s tectonic plates. |
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