In geology, a slab window is a gap that forms in a subducted oceanic plate when a mid-ocean ridge meets with a subduction zone and plate divergence at...

Look up slab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slab or SLAB may refer to: Concrete slab, a flat concrete plate used in construction Stone slab, a flat...

e. in the slab window. This rise of the heat flow anomaly time implies that there is probably only a thin crustal lid above the slab window. The presence...

since 14 million years ago (Ma). The ridge-collision has generated a slab window beneath the overlying South America Plate, with smaller volume of upper...

subduction trench into the current Cascadia subduction zone and creating a slab window. Geology portal Izanagi Plate Kula Plate Kula–Farallon Ridge Pacific-Farallon...

ridge subduction and slab window tectonics". That is, a slab window — and a single subducted ridge can give rise to multiple slab windows — can provide adequate...

subducted slabs by seismic imaging. Subduction slabs are dynamic; slab characteristics such as slab temperature evolution, flat-slab, deep-slab, and slab detachment...

Oceanic crust Outer trench swell Ridge push Seafloor spreading Slab pull Slab suction Slab window Subduction Transform fault Volcanic arc Ocean zones Benthic...

here is also warming from below. The slab gap hypothesis proposes that instead of a "window", the descending slab leaves behind a "gap" through which the...

and frequently are used in modern houses. Double-paned windows have two parallel panes (slabs of glass) with a separation of typically about 1 cm; this...

flare-up. The specifics of this opening, including possible slab rollback, slab windows, or buckling of the plate, can explain specific volcanic trends...

M. J.; Lahsen, A. (2000). "The Pali Aike Volcanic Field, Patagonia: slab-window magmatism near the tip of South America". Tectonophysics. 321 (4): 407–427...

concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings, consisting of a flat, horizontal surface made of cast concrete. Steel-reinforced slabs, typically...

the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur Slab window – Type of gap in a subducted oceanic plate Wilson Cycle – Geophysical...

part of the HSZ and the Western Cyprus zone, forming a slab window in the deeper part of the slab. Currently, the rate of movement along the HSZ is estimated...

concrete and are also referred to as beams in beam-and-block slabs or as ribs in rib-and-block slabs. These prestressed concrete lintels and blocks can serve...

discovery of black smokers hydrothermal systems on the East Pacific Rise Slab window – Type of gap in a subducted oceanic plate Submarine volcano – Underwater...

Aquileia Basilica, Italy, 11th century A window of the 8th century, now in Venice, and carved from a single slab, has alternating tracery-like components...

form, or rose window, developed in France from relatively simple windows with openings pierced through slabs of thin stone to wheel windows, as exemplified...

Triple Junction. The subduction of the ridge has produced a slab window in the downgoing slab, causing volcanism to cease in the Miocene and a gap to open...

the Rio Grande region that enhanced asthenospheric upwelling in the slab window. Caja del Rio Geologic timeline of Western North America Lucero volcanic...

Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America". Geosphere. 2 (1): 11. Bibcode:2006Geosp...

surface Slab (geology) – The portion of a tectonic plate that is being subducted Slab gap hypothesis – Theory in plate tectonics Slab window – Type of...

forearc, and while there is no evidence that they were associated with a slab window (a gap that forms in a subducted oceanic plate when a mid-ocean ridge...

slab; c) the amounts of subducted low temperature materials (water and oceanic sediments); d) the mantle/asthenosphere upwelling event (slab window/slab...

Oceanic crust Outer trench swell Ridge push Seafloor spreading Slab pull Slab suction Slab window Subduction Transform fault Volcanic arc Ocean zones Benthic...

Oceanic crust Outer trench swell Ridge push Seafloor spreading Slab pull Slab suction Slab window Subduction Transform fault Volcanic arc Ocean zones Benthic...

The Azure Window (Maltese: it-Tieqa Żerqa), also known as the Dwejra Window (Maltese: it-Tieqa tad-Dwejra), was a 28-metre-tall (92 ft) natural arch on...

R. D. (30 October 2004). "Magma genesis and mantle flow at a subducting slab edge: the South Sandwich arc-basin system". Earth and Planetary Science Letters...

Dostal, J. (April 2003), "Geochemical confirmation of the Kula-Farallon slab window beneath the Pacific Northwest in Eocene time" (PDF), Geological Society...