Obduction tectonics Archives

Project Update 9 December 2015

UAE-Oman Mountains Give Clues to Oceanic Crust and Mantle Rocks

When oceanic plates meet continental plates, the continental plates usually come out on top. Cases where this is reversed provide valuable access to oceanic crust and mantle materials.

Geology & Geophysics

News 11 February 2015

Pacific Plate's Underbelly Revealed Through Explosive Means

Scientists produce their own seismic waves—via explosives—to image the bottom region of the plate subducting under the New Zealand.

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Scientific Discipline Obduction tectonics

UAE-Oman Mountains Give Clues to Oceanic Crust and Mantle Rocks

Pacific Plate's Underbelly Revealed Through Explosive Means

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