tectonic wedge 4 Argentina 2 Blocking temperature 2 Force balances 2 Kinetics 2 Kinetics models 2 Latent heat 2 Latent heat release 2 Mantle transition zone 2 Mariana Trench 2 Marianas 2 Mendoza 2 Metastable olivine 2 Numerical modeling 2 Olivine 2 P waves 2 P-wave 2 Pacific Ocean 2 Positive correlations 2 Precordillera 2 San Juan [Argentina] 2 Seismic observation 2 Seismic waves 2 Shear heating 2 Sierras Pampeanas 2 South America 2 Subducting slabs 2 Subduction 2 Subduction zones 2 Tectonics 2