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Crushed resistance: Tectonic plate sinking into a subduction zone

Geophysicists can use a new model to explain the behavior of a tectonic plate sinking into a subduction zone in the Earth's mantle: the plate becomes weak and thus more deformable when mineral grains on its underside are shrunk in size.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211111130240.htm
Crushed resistance: Tectonic plate sinking into a subduction zone Crushed resistance: Tectonic plate sinking into a subduction zone Reviewed by cmakigo on November 12, 2021 Rating: 5

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