The influence of mantle hydration and flexure on slab seismicity in the southern Central Andes

Constanza Rodriguez Piceda; Ya-Jian Gao; Mauro Cacace; Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth; Judith Bott; Manfred Strecker; Frederik Tilmann

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00729-1

Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2023)

The influence of mantle hydration and flexure on slab seismicity in the southern Central Andes

Constanza Rodriguez Piceda,
Ya-Jian Gao,
Mauro Cacace,
Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth,
Judith Bott,
Manfred Strecker,
Frederik Tilmann

Affiliations

Constanza Rodriguez Piceda: HelmholtzZentrum GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences
Ya-Jian Gao: HelmholtzZentrum GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences
Mauro Cacace: HelmholtzZentrum GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences
Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth: HelmholtzZentrum GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences
Judith Bott: HelmholtzZentrum GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences
Manfred Strecker: University of Potsdam, Institute of Geosciences
Frederik Tilmann: HelmholtzZentrum GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00729-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Seismicity in subducted slabs is principally controlled by compaction and dehydration reactions in regions of hydrated mantle and by enhanced flexural stresses in regions of anhydrous mantle, suggests an analysis of seismic tomography data from the Nazca plate.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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