, 2011 West directed subduction zones show common characteristics, such as low structural elevation, deep trench, steep slab and a conjugate back-arc basin that are opposite to those of the east directed subduction zones.
Jose Francisco Santos +11 more
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Tectonic significance of changes in post-subduction Pliocene-Quaternary magmatism in the south east part of the Carpathian-Pannonian Region [PDF]
, 2010 The south-eastern part of the Carpathian–Pannonian region records the cessation of convergence between the European platform/Moesia and the Tisza–Dacia microplate.
Downes, H. +8 more
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Rapid subduction initiation and magmatism in the Western Pacific driven by internal vertical forces
Nature Communications, 2020 Plate tectonics requires the formation of plate boundaries. Particularly important is the enigmatic initiation of subduction: the sliding of one plate below the other, and the primary driver of plate tectonics.
B. Maunder +3 more
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Crustal mechanics control the geometry of mountain belts. Insights from numerical modelling [PDF]
, 2017 Continental collision forms mountain ranges that have shaped much of Earth's topography. Yet, the process by which material is transported and redistributed in collision zones remains debatable.
Cloetingh, Sierd +4 more
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The subduction plate interface: rock record and mechanical coupling (from long to short timescales)
Lithos, 2018 Short- and long-term processes at or close to the subduction plate interface (e.g.,mineral transformations, fluid release, seismicity and more generally deformation) might be more closely related than previously thought.
P. Agard +4 more
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Kinematics of subduction and subduction‐induced flow in the upper mantle [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2004 Results of fluid dynamical experiments are presented to model the kinematics of lithospheric subduction in the upper mantle. The experiments model a dense high‐viscosity plate (subducting lithosphere) overlying a less dense low‐viscosity layer (upper mantle). The overriding lithosphere is not incorporated.
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Geosciences, 2022 Currently recognised lithospheric models hypothesise the non-existence of a lithospheric slab (a so-called slab gap) in the area of the Northern Dinarides, and the possible existence of a shallow slab in the Southern Dinarides.
Franjo Šumanovac
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Dynamics of intraoceanic subduction initiation: 2. Suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation and metamorphic sole exhumation in context of absolute plate motions [PDF]
, 2015 Analyzing subduction initiation is key for understanding the coupling between plate tectonics and the underlying mantle. Here we focus on suprasubduction zone (SSZ) ophiolites and how their formation links to intraoceanic subduction initiation in an ...
Wim Spakman +43 more
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Direct structural evidence of Indian continental subduction beneath Myanmar
Nature Communications, 2020 Indian continental subduction can explain Cenozoic crustal deformation, magmatic activity and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau following the India-Asia collision.
T. Zheng +8 more
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On the initiation of subduction zones
pure and applied geophysics, 1989 Analysis of the relation between intraplate stress fields and lithospheric rheology leads to greater insight into the role that initiation of subduction plays in the tectonic evolution of the lithosphere. Numerical model studies show that if after a short evolution of a passive margin (time span a few tens of million years) subduction has not yet ...
Cloetingh, S.A.P.L. +3 more
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