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Nature Geoscience 1, 730–731 (1 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/ngeo341

Seismology: Breaking the slab

Meghan S. Miller

Earthquakes and volcanoes in subduction zone settings are traditionally described in a relatively simple model that involves one plate descending into the mantle beneath another. Many tectonic settings, though, are far more complex.