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Wadati-Benioff zone: a standalone construct

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Seismology

the dipping band of intermediate and deep earthquakes that traces a subducting slab into the mantle.

In seismology, Wadati-Benioff zone refers to the dipping band of intermediate and deep earthquakes that traces a subducting slab into the mantle. This meaning comes from Benioff (1949) in Geological Society of America Bulletin.[1]

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References

Benioff, H. (1949). Seismic Evidence for the Fault Origin of Oceanic Deeps. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 60(12), 1837. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1949)60[1837:seftfo]2.0.co;2

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