Evidence for a serpentinized plate interface favouring continental subduction [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 The dynamics of continental subduction is largely controlled by the rheological properties of rocks involved along the subduction channel. Here, the authors reveal a prominent, yet previously undetected, low-velocity body beneath the Western Alps, along ...
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How mantle heterogeneities drive continental subduction and magmatism in the Apennines [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Petrologic and geophysical observations floored the paradigm shift on the subduction of the continental lithosphere. In long-lived collisional boundaries like the Alpine Himalaya belt, portions of continental lithosphere are pushed down to great depths ...
G. Giacomuzzi, P. De Gori, C. Chiarabba
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Direct structural evidence of Indian continental subduction beneath Myanmar [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 Indian continental subduction can explain crustal deformation, magmatic activity and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau following collision, however, the nature of the Indian subducting slab beneath Myanmar and the related tectonic regime remain unclear. Here,
Tianyu Zheng +8 more
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Early Archaean subduction and intracrustal processes: experimental evidence from the East Pilbara Terrane, Australia [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe growth and recycling of continental crust has resulted in the modification of Earth’s mantle, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Before the formation of the oldest stable continents, the Earth’s surface was composed of 25-45 km thick basaltic ...
Alan R. Hastie +3 more
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Mode of intracontinental mountain building controlled by lower crustal composition and mantle lithosphere depletion [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsTectonic plate convergence is accommodated across the continental lithosphere via discrete lithospheric subduction or distributed shortening and thickening.
Xi Xu +14 more
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Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the NE Dinarides margin during the Cretaceous Adria-Europe convergence [PDF]
Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva, 2023 The Cretaceous sedimentation along the NE Dinarides margin occurred in basins above the Europe-dipping Neotethyan Sava subduction zone positioned between Adria- and Europe-derived continental units.
Stojadinović Uroš, Krstekanić Nemanja
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Determination of the double-layer structure in orogenic belts and its geological significance
Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2022 At present, the study of accretionary orogenic belts and collisional orogenic belts has achieved numerous insights and improvements. However, continental subduction, which often occurs during the oceanic and continental transition, has not received ...
WANG Genhou +3 more
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Earth and Planetary Physics, 2021 The thermal structure of the continental subduction zone can be deduced from high-pressure and ultra-high-pressure rock samples or numerical simulation. However, petrological data indicate that the temperature of subducted continental plates is generally
Ting Luo, Wei Leng
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AGU Advances, 2022 Oceanic hotspots with extreme enriched mantle radiogenic isotopic signatures—including low 143Nd/144Nd indicative of subducted continental crust—are linked to plume conduits sampling the southern hemispheric mantle.
M. G. Jackson, F. A. Macdonald
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The role of continental lithospheric thermal structure in the evolution of orogenic systems: application to the Himalayan–Tibetan collision zone [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2023 Continental collision is a crucial process in plate tectonics. However, in terms of the evolution and the controlling parameters of its lateral heterogeneity, our understanding of the tectonic complexities at such a convergent plate boundary remains ...
M. Liu, D. Yang, R. Qi
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