Cenozoic plate driving forces [PDF]
Past studies of plate driving forces have concluded that the forces due to subducted slabs in the upper mantle and those due to the thickening of the oceanic lithosphere are the principal driving forces. We reexamine the balance of driving forces for the
Lithgow‐Bertelloni, C, Richards, MA
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Strength of the lithosphere: Constraints imposed by laboratory experiments
The concept of strength envelopes, developed in the 1970s, allowed quantitative predictions of the strength of the lithosphere based on experimentally determined constitutive equations. Initial strength envelopes used an empirical relation for frictional
D. Kohlstedt, B. Evans, S. Mackwell
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Altered Mantle Fabric Beneath the Mid‐Continent Rift
We present new, densely sampled shear‐wave splitting results from southern Minnesota and adjacent areas of neighboring states, sampling the southwestern limit of the Archean Superior Province and straddling the Proterozoic Mid‐Continent Rift (MCR).
A. W. Frederiksen+4 more
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Boninite and Harzburgite from Leg 125 (Bonin-Mariana Forearc): A Case Study of Magma Genesis during the Initial Stages of Subduction [PDF]
Holes drilled into the volcanic and ultrabasic basement of the Izu-Ogasawara and Mariana forearc terranes during Leg 125 provide data on some of the earliest lithosphere created after the start of Eocene subduction in the Western Pacific.
Arculus, Richard J.+6 more
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Rejuvenation of the lithosphere by the Hawaiian plume [PDF]
The volcanism responsible for creating the chain of the Hawaiian islands and seamounts is believed to mark the passage of the oceanic lithosphere over a mantle plume. In this picture hot material rises from great depth within a fixed narrow conduit to the surface, penetrating the moving lithosphere.
Li, X.+4 more
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Age, Depth, and Residual Depth Anomalies in the North Pacific: Implications for Thermal Models of the Lithosphere and Upper Mantle [PDF]
We present an empirical basement depth versus age relation for the North Pacific Ocean, based on the statistical treatment of an ocean-wide gridded data set.
Renkin, Miriam K., Sclater, John G.
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Melting of Garnet Peridotite and the Origin of Komatiite and Depleted Lithosphere
However, it can be a residue of komatiite melt extraction at >7 Melting experiments on fertile peridotite KR4003, a ‘pyrolitic’ GPa from a mantle enriched in SiO2 relative to pyrolite.
M. Walter
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Tertiary-Quaternary subduction processes and related magmatism in the Alpine-Mediterranean region [PDF]
During Tertiary to Quaternary times, convergence between Eurasia and Africa resulted in a variety of collisional orogens and different styles of subduction in the Alpine-Mediterranean region.
Downes, Hilary+2 more
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High-resolution lithosphere viscosity and dynamics revealed by magnetotelluric imaging
An accurate viscosity structure is critical to truthfully modeling lithosphere dynamics. Here, we report an attempt to infer the effective lithospheric viscosity from a high-resolution magnetotelluric (MT) survey across the western United States.
Lijun Liu, Derrick P. Hasterok
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What is the lithosphere? What things subduct, what things do not, and why? How is the lower continental crust formed? Where are the large‐ion lithophile elements stored? Is the style of plate tectonics episodic? These and related questions were considered during a workshop held at the University of Texas at Austin in March 1982 under the sponsorship of
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