Subduction of seafloor features

Fracture zones Sharp discontinuities in seafloor age Seamount trail LIP LIP conjugate Fracture zone (Synthetic) seamounts Tracks overriding plate motion above plumes (stream #2) Conjugate LIPs LIPs are formed by a plume head Reconstructed LIP conjugates (stream #2) Seamount trail LIP LIP conjugate Fracture zone Fracture zones Sharp discontinuities in seafloor age (Synthetic) seamounts Tracks overriding plate motion above plumes (stream #2) Conjugate LIPs LIPs are formed by a plume head Reconstructed LIP conjugates (stream #2) 96% of all deposits located within 800 km of a fracture zone 294 Cu deposits in the Americas reside within 500-800 km distance Positive samples Random samples 70% of all deposits within 250-650 km of synthetic seamount Equates to 242 of 347 Cu deposits in the Americas Not enough LIPs to determine if there is a statistically significant relationship

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