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Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2022 Initiation of new subduction zones is an integral part of Earth's plate tectonics regime. It is generally accepted that the negative buoyancy of sufficiently old oceanic lithosphere provides the primary driving force for subduction initiation.
Gaoxue Yang +6 more
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Control of Subduction Zone Age and Size on Flat Slab Subduction
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Flat slab subduction is an enigmatic style of subduction where the slab attains a horizontal orientation for up to several hundred kilometers below the base of the overriding plate.
Wouter Pieter Schellart
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Subduction and Hydrogen Release: The Case of Bolivian Altiplano
Geosciences, 2023 Natural hydrogen is known to be generated in the crust by water/rock interactions, especially the oxidation of iron-rich rock or radiolysis. However, other sources, especially deeper ones, exist. In the context of subduction, the dehydration of the slab,
Isabelle Moretti +3 more
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Subduction Duration and Slab Dip
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2020 The dip angles of slabs are among the clearest characteristics of subduction zones, but the factors that control them remain obscure. Here, slab dip angles and subduction parameters, including subduction duration, the nature of the overriding plate, slab
Jiashun Hu, Michael Gurnis
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TerraceM-2: A Matlab® Interface for Mapping and Modeling Marine and Lacustrine Terraces
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019 The morphology of marine and lacustrine terraces has been largely used to measure past sea- and lake-level positions and estimate vertical deformation in a wealth of studies focused on climate and tectonic processes.
Julius Jara-Muñoz +5 more
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What Controls Maximum Magnitudes of Giant Subduction Earthquakes?
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2020 Giant earthquakes with magnitudes above 8.5 occur only in subduction zones. Despite the developments made in observing large subduction zone earthquakes with geophysical instruments, the factors controlling the maximum size of these earthquakes are still
Iskander A. Muldashev +1 more
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Back to full interseismic plate locking decades after the giant 1960 Chile earthquake
Nature Communications, 2018 Great megathrust earthquakes arise from the sudden release of strain accumulated during centuries of interseismic plate convergence. Here, the authors reconstruct interseismic strain accumulation since the 1960 Chile earthquake, finding a transient ...
Daniel Melnick +8 more
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023 Torn and bent slabs are usually associated with flat‐slab subduction where the descending plate develops a horizontal geometry beneath the overlying continent.
Xiaowen Liu, Russell Pysklywec
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2022 The relative paucity of recent post‐subduction environments globally has meant that, so far, little is known about tectonic processes that occur during and after subduction termination, as previously convergent tectonic plates adjust to the new stress ...
C. A. Bacon +6 more
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023 Slow slip events in the northern Hikurangi margin of Aotearoa New Zealand occur every 18–24 months and last for several weeks before returning to average convergence rates of around 38 mm/yr.
Jefferson Yarce +2 more
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