Cascadia subduction zone: two contrasting models of lithospheric structure
Summary of an investigation of the Cascadia subduction zone with detailed density modeling experiments of the crust and mantle along two transects across Vancouver Island and the Canadian margin and the other on the margin of central Oregon.
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Definition:
Solid portion of the Earth, as compared with the atmosphere and the hydrosphere; it includes the crust and part of the upper mantle. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]