Earthquake data seem to reveal a huge sausage-shaped slab of material detaching itself from the material subducting as two plates meet beneath the Hindu Kush. This largest-ever 'boudin' could tell us more about what happens when continents collide.
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Warren, L. A giant subducting sausage. Nature Geosci 1, 154–155 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo142
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