Structural and rheological evolution of the Laramide subduction channel in southern California [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2017 The Pelona Schist in the San Gabriel Mountains, southern California, formed in the Laramide subduction channel, exhibits multiple phases of deformation/metamorphism and provides valuable insights into the rheological properties of the subduction channel.
H. Xia, J. P. Platt
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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 ...
Liang Zhao +12 more
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Resubduction of lawsonite eclogite within a serpentinite-filled subduction channel [PDF]
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2020 Data source: Supplementary material, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-020-01712-1Translating burial and exhumation histories from the petrological and geochronological record of high-pressure assemblages in subduction channels is key to understanding ...
Zack, T. +6 more
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Forced Return Flow Deep in the Subduction Channel, Syros, Greece [PDF]
Tectonics, 2020 We present the results of a detailed structural study in the Cycladic Blueschist Unit at Fabrika on Syros Island, Greece, and discuss their significance for tectonic processes at the subduction interface.
Uwe Ring +7 more
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Large megathrust earthquakes in cold mantle wedge corners under lawsonite blueschist facies [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsGiant megathrust earthquakes typically occur above the upper-plate Moho or the 350°C isotherm in warm subduction zones. However, large earthquakes also occur within the mantle wedge corner at 35-55 km depth at cold subduction zones, such as the Kermadec,
Hao Zhang +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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The Monviso ophiolitic massif (Western Alps), a section through a serpentinite subduction channel. [PDF]
Journal of the Virtual Explorer, 2004 The exhumation of subducted lithosphere requires a mechanically weak zone at the interface between the subduction plane and the rigid overlying mantle peridotites with a viscosity greater than 10 20 Pa.s.
Schwartz, S. +4 more
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023 The interplay between structural and metamorphic processes operating along the deep plate interface in subduction zones remains elusive as much of the geologic record is recycled into the mantle.
Eirini M. Poulaki +2 more
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Stress heterogeneities in exhumed high-pressure rocks shed light on deep subduction interface transient coupling [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsStress distribution and creep mechanisms along modern subduction interfaces remain poorly understood, due to the lack of high-resolution constraints on the rheology of the heterogeneous plate interface and associated fluid distribution in the so-called ...
Yawei Wu +5 more
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High‐Pressure Transformations and Stability of Ferromagnesite in the Earth's Mantle
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 105-113., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Eglantine Boulard +2 more
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