3D Geo Image (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Dallas

3D Geo Image

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University of Texas at Dallas geoscientists used earthquake data and a computationally intensive technique called a full waveform inversion to create 3D images of the geometry of subducting slabs (green bodies) and induced mantle flows (yellow arrows) under Central America and the Caribbean Sea at a depth of 500 kilometers.

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University of Texas at Dallas

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