Carnegie Ridge
Aseismic ridge on the Nazca Plate that is being subducted beneath the South American Plate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Carnegie Ridge is an aseismic ridge on the Nazca Plate that is being subducted beneath the South American Plate. The ridge is thought to be a result of the passage of the Nazca Plate over the Galapagos hotspot. It is named for the research vessel Carnegie, which discovered it in 1929.[2]