Two arrays of broad-band seismic stations were deployed in the north central Andes
between 8° and 21° S, the CAUGHT array over the normally subducting slab in northwestern …

We have estimated the DBML (depth to the bottom of the magnetic layer) in South America
from the inversion of magnetic anomaly data extracted from the EMAG2 grid. The results …

Subduction exerts a strong control on surface topography and is the main cause of large
vertical motions in continents, including past events of large-scale marine flooding and …

The Peruvian flat slab is by far the largest region of flat subduction in the world today, but
aspects of its structure and dynamics remain poorly understood. In particular, questions …

Within oceanic lithosphere a fossilized fabric is often preserved originating from the time of
plate formation. Such fabric is thought to form at the mid-ocean ridge when olivine crystals …

The dynamics of flat subduction, particularly the interaction between a flat slab and the
overriding plate, are poorly understood. Here we study the (seismically) anisotropic …

We image the structure at the southern end of the Peruvian flat subduction zone, using
receiver function and surface wave methods. The Nazca slab subducts to~ 100 km depth …

Convergent plate dehydration is of significance in determining the coupling strength and
seismicity activity at variable subduction contacts. Characterized by decadal M> 7.5 …

Abstract The Nazca-South America convergent margin is marked by the presence of the
Andean mountain belt, which stretches along the 8000-km long western margin of the South …

Many aspects of plate tectonics, the fundamental expression of the dynamic Earth, and the
processes that have shaped the interior and surface of the planet we live on, remain to be …