Foundering of lower island-arc crust as an explanation for the origin of the continental Moho

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Oliver Jagoutz
Mark D. Behn
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[1] Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,Department of Earth
[2] Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Department of Geology and Geophysics
[3] 77 Massachusetts Avenue,undefined
[4] Cambridge,undefined
[5] Massachusetts 02139-4307,undefined
[6] USA,undefined
[7] Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,undefined
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Nature | 2013年 / 504卷
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The calculated density and seismic structure of the two best-exposed island arc sections (Kohistan and Talkeetna) reveals that the foundering of the lower arc crust produces a sharp seismic discontinuity characteristic of the continental Mohorovičić discontinuity.
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