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Plate deformation at depth under northern California: Slab gap or stretched slab? Plate deformation at depth under northern California: Slab gap or stretched slab?

Plate kinematic interpretations for northern California predict a gap in the underlying subducted slab caused by the northward migration of the Pacific-North America-Juan de Fuca triple junction. However, large-scale decompression melting and asthenospheric upwelling to the base of the overlying plate within the postulated gap are not supported by geophysical and geochemical observations...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, N. Shimizu, P.C. Molzer

Channel catfish response to ultraviolet-B radiation Channel catfish response to ultraviolet-B radiation

Fingerling channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus exposed to simulated ultraviolet-B radiation at an average daily dose of 2.9 J/cm2 were quite sensitive to the radiation. After a 24-h exposure, thinning of the most dorsal epidermis frequently was accompanied by edema. Compared with epidermis of unexposed fish, mucous cells in exposed fish were less superficial and club cells were less...
Authors
M. S. Ewing, V. S. Blazer, D. L. Fabacher, E. E. Little, K. M. Kocan
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