Structural analysis at the northeast Caroline Plate (IMAGE)

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Structural analysis at the northeast Caroline Plate

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(c) shows the deformation and fracture during the subduction of a seamount from physical simulation results, and this is the physical process of the collision between soften and hard object. The northeast Caroline Plate shows similar tectonic style (b).

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