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Constraints on mantle circulation around the deforming Calabrian slab
Author(s) -
Faccenna Claudio,
Civetta Lucia,
D'Antonio Massimo,
Funiciello Francesca,
Margheriti Lucia,
Piromallo Claudia
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2004gl021874
Subject(s) - geology , slab , mantle (geology) , seismology , mantle wedge , subduction , tectonics , geophysics , deformation (meteorology) , oceanography
Combining tectonics, with seismological and geochemical data, we reconstruct the deformation history of the presently narrow Calabrian slab and the path of mantle circulation during the last 10 Ma. We show that during the slab deformation the mantle laterally flowed inside the back arc region permitting its retrograde motion and giving a seismological and volcanological record after 1–2 myr.