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MANTLE UPWELLING [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

The three branches of the Parga triple junction suggest a "least effort" fracture as a result of magma-induced vertical upward loading, possibly related to local mantle upwelling of a quasi-stationary hotspot plume that could result in thermally induced crustal thickening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Cette remontée locale du manteau sous l'Etna est contrainte par deux autres types de données sismiques. Une chambre magmatique située plutôt au toit de cette remontée mantellique est maintenant envisagée.

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