How the Earth's Crustal Plates are Locked and Slip (IMAGE)

GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung

How the Earth's Crustal Plates are Locked and Slip

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The Nazca Plate is creeping under the South American Plate. Both crustal plates are locked. Depending on the water pressure in various depths, slipping occurs with potentially devastating effects.

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M. Moreno et al./GFZ

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