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Subduction initiation at passive margins
2010Subduction is a key process for terrestrial plate tectonics, but its initiation is still not entirely understood. In particular, despite the abundance of both passive and active continental margins on Earth, no obvious cases of transition between them have been identified so far.
Nikolaeva, K. +2 more
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Subduction, collision and initiation of hominin dispersal
Quaternary Science Reviews, 2009Subduction is the main driving force of plate tectonics controlling the physiography of the Earth. The northward subduction of the Sinai plate was interrupted during the Early Pleistocene when the Eratosthenes Seamount began to collide with the Cyprian arc.
Uri Schattner, Michael Lazar
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Initiation of subduction in the Alps: Continent or ocean?
Geology, 2010The triggering event for the modern evolution of the European Alps was the onset of subduction in the Middle Jurassic. However, there is some debate as to how this onset occurred: as (1) oceanic subduction; (2) the succession of an earlier (Tethys) and a later (Penninic) oceanic subduction; or even (3) intracontinental subduction.
Kurt Stüwe, Ralf Schuster
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Characterization of subduction initiation
Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022Weidong Sun, Lipeng Zhang
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Subduction initiates at straight passive margins
Geology, 2014Subduction initiation at straight passive margins can be investigated with two-dimensional (2-D) numerical models, because the geometry is purely cylindrical. However, on Earth, straight margins rarely occur. The construction of 3-D models is therefore critical in the modeling of spontaneous subduction initiation at realistic, curved passive margins ...
F.O. Marques +4 more
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Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review
Tectonophysics, 2018Abstract How new subduction zones form is an emerging field of scientific research with important implications for our understanding of lithospheric strength, the driving force of plate tectonics, and Earth's tectonic history. We are making good progress towards understanding how new subduction zones form by combining field studies to identify ...
Robert J. Stern, Taras Gerya
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Buoyancy of the Oceanic Lithosphere and Subduction Initiation
International Geology Review, 2005Models for melting at ridges, and the resulting mineralogy, permit precise estimates of the density of oceanic plates.
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Subduction Initiation Triggered by Collision: A Review Based on Examples and Models
Earth-Science Reviews, 2022Gaoxue Yang
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