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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social

"We suggest that such oceanic delamination may facilitate subduction initiation, a long-unsolved problem in the theory of plate tectonics, and may be responsible for some of the highest-magnitude earthquakes in Europe" ⚒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

aug 29, 2025, 12:42 pm • 8 3

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Nick Hayman @stompdearth.bsky.social

Cool paper! Magali Billen explained this area to me years ago and there was some thoughts of an MG&G project. I don't recall the delamination idea floated (pun intended?).

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social

😂

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