Mohamed F. Abdelwahed

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How can high velocity perturbation in seimsic tomography be sometimes interpreted as magma intrusions ?

I found some researches found high velocity perturbations beneath active volcanic cones instead of low-V anomalies and it is interpreted as magma intrusion. To what extend this is reliable ?

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How can a subduction slab sink in the asthenosphere, however, it is normally floating on it?

The oceanic lithosphere is normally floating on the asthenosphere. When the plate is subjected to compression, it subducts beneath the contacted continental plate. The plate tends to sink deeply...

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