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A plate boundary in flux

The Pacific and Australian plates collide and interact in complex ways around New Zealand. Electrical resistivity data reveal that subduction-zone fluids exert an important influence on deformation in the region.

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Figure 1: A complex plate boundary region.

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Unsworth, M. A plate boundary in flux. Nature Geosci 2, 605–606 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo625

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