Submitted by Forsaken_Alfalfa_746 t3_1111jbb in askscience
CrustalTrudger t1_j8htybu wrote
Reply to comment by jlittlenz in How did they find the exact boundaries of tectonic plates? by Forsaken_Alfalfa_746
Seismic tomography, which exploits changes in seismic wave speed as a function of temperature and other properties to "image" the interior structure of the lithosphere and mantle, can help fill in some details of the geometry of plate boundaries with depth, but I'm not aware of an application where it's been used to reveal the location of a plate boundary we didn't already know about through other means.
jlittlenz t1_j8k1gfk wrote
Thank you.
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