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flat slab subduction: a standalone construct

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subduction in which the downgoing plate travels nearly horizontally beneath the upper plate for hundreds of kilometers, shutting off arc volcanism and moving deformation inland.

In tectonics, flat slab subduction refers to subduction in which the downgoing plate travels nearly horizontally beneath the upper plate for hundreds of kilometers, shutting off arc volcanism and moving deformation inland. This meaning comes from Gutscher (2000) in Tectonics.[1]

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References

  1. Gutscher, M., Spakman, W., Bijwaard, H., & Engdahl, E. R. (2000). Geodynamics of flat subduction: Seismicity and tomographic constraints from the Andean margin. Tectonics, 19(5), 814-833. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999tc001152

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