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'Caldas Tear' Resolves Puzzling Seismic Activity Beneath Colombia [1]

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By: sciencedaily.com, 06/06/2013

Colombia sits atop a complex geological area where three tectonic plates are interacting, producing seismicity patterns that have puzzled seismologists for years. Now seismologists have identified the "Caldas tear," which is a break in a slab that separates two subducting plates and accounts for curious features, including a "nest" of seismic activity beneath east-central Colombia and high grade mineral deposits on the surface.

 

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