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SUBMITTER: Cocchi L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682279 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cocchi Luca L Passaro Salvatore S Tontini Fabio Caratori FC Ventura Guido G
Nature communications 20171113 1
Subduction-transform edge propagators are lithospheric tears bounding slabs and back-arc basins. The volcanism at these edges is enigmatic because it is lacking comprehensive geological and geophysical data. Here we present bathymetric, potential-field data, and direct observations of the seafloor on the 90 km long Palinuro volcanic chain overlapping the E-W striking tear of the roll-backing Ionian slab in Southern Tyrrhenian Sea. The volcanic chain includes arc-type central volcanoes and fissur ...[more]