Discussion of Subducted Plates and Substructure Imagery
Models show slabs of ocean crust (yellow) falling to Earth鈥檚 core. Fabio Crameri,
in ScienceJohn Suppe, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Jonny Wu,
assistant professor in EAS, were interviewed by Science and weighed in on recent advancements
and applications in substructure imaging that aims to help scientists reconstruct
Earth鈥檚 early geography.
Suppe, who heads the UH Center for Tectonics and Tomography, says that as the slabs in mantle plunge, the thick slab flex but don鈥檛 fall apart, allowing geologists to gather better data.
The article by Paul Voosen entitled 鈥楢tlas of the Underworld鈥� Reveals Oceans and Mountains Lost to Earth's History鈥� appeared online in November.