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South-American plate advance and forced Andean trench retreat as drivers for transient flat subduction episodes | Nature Communications
![The Nazca plate (rose) subducting under the South America plate (right). The numbers give the velocity of the Nazca plate. Chart: Alataristarion / Wikimedia Commons - Stone-ideas.com The Nazca plate (rose) subducting under the South America plate (right). The numbers give the velocity of the Nazca plate. Chart: Alataristarion / Wikimedia Commons - Stone-ideas.com](https://www.stone-ideas.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Earthquake16_Ecuador1.jpg)
The Nazca plate (rose) subducting under the South America plate (right). The numbers give the velocity of the Nazca plate. Chart: Alataristarion / Wikimedia Commons - Stone-ideas.com
![Seismotectonic setting of the oceanic Nazca plate, South America Craton... | Download Scientific Diagram Seismotectonic setting of the oceanic Nazca plate, South America Craton... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263283415/figure/fig1/AS:296493576671243@1447700985905/Seismotectonic-setting-of-the-oceanic-Nazca-plate-South-America-Craton-SoAm-and-two.png)
Seismotectonic setting of the oceanic Nazca plate, South America Craton... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Author: Nazca. Plate Depicting Round Black-and-White Fish in Interior - 180 B.C./A.D. 500 - Nazca South coast, Peru. Ceramic and pigment. 180 BC'500 Stock Photo - Alamy Author: Nazca. Plate Depicting Round Black-and-White Fish in Interior - 180 B.C./A.D. 500 - Nazca South coast, Peru. Ceramic and pigment. 180 BC'500 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BJM3RH/author-nazca-plate-depicting-round-black-and-white-fish-in-interior-180-bcad-500-nazca-south-coast-peru-ceramic-and-pigment-180-bc500-2BJM3RH.jpg)
Author: Nazca. Plate Depicting Round Black-and-White Fish in Interior - 180 B.C./A.D. 500 - Nazca South coast, Peru. Ceramic and pigment. 180 BC'500 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Map showing the main tectonic features of the southeastern Nazca plate... | Download Scientific Diagram Map showing the main tectonic features of the southeastern Nazca plate... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225902046/figure/fig1/AS:302729466531856@1449187737851/Map-showing-the-main-tectonic-features-of-the-southeastern-Nazca-plate-and-the-Chilean.png)