Deformation image of the ground beneath Japan (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Deformation image of the ground beneath Japan

Caption

A graphic showing the stiffness of Earth’s crust beneath Japan.  The image reveals the boundary where Japan’s continental plate (large dark red patch) collides with the stiffer oceanic plate (dark blue patch). The smaller dark red patches in the center of the image are likely a magma system feeding Japan’s volcanoes (red triangles).  The image was created using data collected with a new deformation imaging technique developed by researchers at UT Austin.

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Simone Puel

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