Abstract
Tomographic imaging reveals seismic anomalies beneath the Sunda island arc, Indonesia, that suggest that the lithospheric slab penetrates to a depth of at least 1500 kilometers. The Sunda slab forms the eastern end of a deep anomaly associated with the past subduction of the plate underlying the Mesozoic Tethys Ocean. In accord with previous studies, the lithospheric slab was imaged as a continuous feature from the surface to the lower mantle below Java, with a local deflection where the slab continues into the lower mantle. The deep slab seems to be detached from the upper mantle slab beneath Sumatra. This complex slab structure is related to the Tertiary evolution of southeastern Asia and the Indian Ocean region.
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Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 27, 2006, 2:30 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 4:20 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 months ago (May 26, 2025, 4:27 a.m.) |
Issued | 29 years, 5 months ago (March 15, 1996) |
Published | 29 years, 5 months ago (March 15, 1996) |
Published Print | 29 years, 5 months ago (March 15, 1996) |
@article{Widiyantoro_1996, title={Structure and Evolution of Lithospheric Slab Beneath the Sunda Arc, Indonesia}, volume={271}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.271.5255.1566}, DOI={10.1126/science.271.5255.1566}, number={5255}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Widiyantoro, Sri and van der Hilst, Rob}, year={1996}, month=mar, pages={1566–1570} }