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Deep geophysical investigations show that the subduction zone of the Lesser Antilles starts to descend steeply beneath Barbados, where a trench-like feature is buried beneath the exceptional thickness of about 20 km of deformed sediments.
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WESTBROOK, G., BOTT, M. & PEACOCK, J. Lesser Antilles Subduction Zone in the Vicinity of Barbados. Nature Physical Science 244, 118–120 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci244118a0
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