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Entry: slab

URI: https://registry.epos-eu.org/ncl/FAIR-Incubator/tcs-SEISMO/42

In a subduction zone, the slab is the dipping portion of the lower plate that sinks into the mantle due to the convergent movement between the upper and the lower plates. It is usually made of oceanic crust and can be the locus of a specific kind of earthquakes known as "intraslab".

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submitted byTendry R
accepted on 10 Feb 2022 10:24:49.691

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date accepted 10 Feb 2022 10:24:49.691
date submitted 10 Feb 2022 10:16:37.345
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description In a subduction zone, the slab is the dipping portion of the lower plate that sinks into the mantle due to the convergent movement between the upper and the lower plates. It is usually made of oceanic crust and can be the locus of a specific kind of earthquakes known as "intraslab".
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label slab
notation 42
register tcs sEISMO
status status experimental
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name Tendry R

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description In a subduction zone, the slab is the dipping portion of the lower plate that sinks into the mantle due to the convergent movement between the upper and the lower plates. It is usually made of oceanic crust and can be the locus of a specific kind of earthquakes known as "intraslab".
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notation 42
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