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Juan De Fuca Plate – Aseismic subduction at 1.8 cm/yr
Author(s) -
Acharya Hemendra
Publication year - 1981
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/gl008i011p01123
Subject(s) - subduction , geology , volcano , seismology , plate tectonics , sediment , geomorphology , tectonics
Volcanic activity in the Cascades in historic times suggests that the Juan De Fuca plate is underthrusting aseismically at about 1.8 cm/yr. This rate of underthrusting is identical to the rate computed from sediment studies.