Previousw ork has suggestedc ompressiona nd thrustf aultinga longt he northernb oundaryo f the Easterm icroplated uet o its motionr elativet o theN azeap late.I nversion of the P and SH seismic waves related to a recent Ms:7.1 earthquakleo cateda longt he northernb oundaroy f the Easter microplatein dicatesa thin slivero f crustt hrustinga t a shallow anglet owardsth e South,g ivings upportto this interpretation. T he Oman ophiolitew here similart hrustsh ave been mappedh as beenr ecentlyin terpretedas beingd erivedf rom similarm icroplateen vironmen[Bt oudieer t al., 1997].T his interpretatio1n) providesp ossiblete stst o documentth e existenceo f oceanict hrustsn ear microplatesa, nd 2) suggestsa new solutionto the problemo f how many ophiolitesc ould have obtained oceanic detachment faults which will favour obduetion.
Previousw ork has suggestedc ompressiona nd thrustf aultinga longt he northernb oundaryo f the Easterm icroplated uet o its motionr elativet o theN azeap late.I nversion of the P and SH seismic waves related to a recent Ms:7.1 earthquakleo cateda longt he northernb oundaroy f the Easter micropl...
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Geophysical Research Letters