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Introduction to subduction zones [PDF]
pure and applied geophysics, 1988 Subduction zones present many facades to those that observe them. From obvious features to obscure yet important processes, there are many aspects of subduction zones to observe and explain. Notable examples of obvious features are volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain belts, and deep sea trenches; while on the other hand, the unseen process of sediment ...
Ruff, Larry J., Kanamori, Hiroo
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023 To better understand the structure and process of the Cocos plate subduction, we obtained the first Pn velocity and anisotropy model of the uppermost mantle in southern Mexico using the Pn tomography method and new ISC‐EHB data.
Yan Lü +5 more
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Determination of tsunami run-up and golden time in the megathrust subduction zone of the sunda strait segment [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The Indonesian Disaster Data and Information Management Database state that the tsunami in the Megathrust Subduction Zone of the Sunda Strait Segment is a disaster threat with high impact and loss of life every time it occurs.
Sarikanti Ponangsera Iko +3 more
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Upper mantle melt caused by a subducted slab in the Indian-Eurasian continental subduction zone
Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 A low-velocity layer atop the mantle transition zone has been extensively observed worldwide. In subduction zones, this layer is widely explained as partial melting triggered by slab subduction on a regional or global scale. However, direct observational
Guohui Li +4 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 The transition of a passive continental margin into a subduction zone remains a hypothesis because few geological cases have been reported. The North Sulawesi subduction zone is a 5–9 myr system in Southeast Asia that has evolved from a passive ...
Miao Dong +3 more
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Body wave dispersion characteristics of regional deep earthquake at Southern Ryukyus subduction zone [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 The convergent plate boundaries known as the subduction zone is the location where the cold, hydrate, and old oceanic plate subduct under the hot, dry, and young continental plate. The top of the oceanic plate, i.e. the oceanic crust usually is less than
Haridhi Haekal A. +4 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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JGE, 2020 The part of south Sumatera is very vulnerable region in case of earthquake disaster caused by convergent boundary of two tectonic plates Indo-Australian Plates and Eurasian Plates.
Deswita Sari +2 more
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ASSESSMENT OF OPTIMUM VALUE FOR DIP ANGLE AND LOCKING RATE PARAMETERS IN MAKRAN SUBDUCTION ZONE [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 Makran subduction zone is one of the convergent areas that have been studied by spatial geodesy. Makran zone is located in the South Eastern of Iran and South of Pakistan forming the part of Eurasian-Arabian plate's border where oceanic crust in the ...
A. Safari +3 more
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Properties of the Subduction System in Mexico [PDF]
, 2011 This thesis presents seismic imaging results of the structure of the Mexican subduction zone using receiver function (RF) based on teleseismic P-to-S converted waves, in order to gain insight into the physical and chemical factors associated with ...
Kim, YoungHee
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