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Characterizing the Complexity of Subduction Zone Flow With an Ensemble of Multiscale Global Convection Models

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Subduction zones are fundamental features of Earth's mantle convection and plate tectonics, but mantle flow and pressure around slabs are poorly understood because of the lack of direct observational constraints on subsurface flow.
Samuel L. Goldberg, Adam F. Holt
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Depositional processes of varved sediments from proglacial Lago Frías since 1800 CE (North Patagonian Andes, Argentina)

Boreas, EarlyView.
The glacierized Valle Frías in Northern Patagonia is one of the best‐studied valleys in South America and includes varved sediments from Lago Frías. We complement this lacustrine record with a high‐resolution documentation of varve counts and their composition.
Bernd Zolitschka, Philipp Böning, A. Catalina Gebhardt, M. Alicia Irurzun, Wojciech Tylmann, Christoph Vogt, Claudia S. G. Gogorza   +6 more
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Carbon Dioxide Released From Subducted Oceanic Crust by Hydrous Carbonatitic Liquids

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
Aqueous fluids are essential to extract slab‐trapped carbon at forearc to subarc depths and interpret the decarbonation efficiency of global subduction zones. A large amount of carbon survives beyond subarc depths.
Yanfei Zhang, Chao Wang, Wei Li, Zhenmin Jin   +3 more
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(Ultra)high‐Pressure Metamorphism in Sedimentary Versus Basaltic Rocks: Insights From a Variscan Mélange in the South Carpathians

Journal of Metamorphic Geology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconstructing the pressure–temperature–time (P–T–t) evolution of (ultra)high‐pressure rocks is essential for constraining subduction and collisional dynamics. Subduction zones are often investigated using basic eclogites, whereas nonbasic high‐pressure rocks remain comparatively understudied, potentially hindering a comprehensive ...
Otavio S. G. Silva, Bruno V. Ribeiro, Gavril Săbău, Fabricio Caxito, Paulo A. de Paiva‐Silva, Pierre Lanari, George Luvizotto, Mahyra Tedeschi   +7 more
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Three-dimensional variations of the slab geometry correlate with earthquake distributions at the Cascadia subduction system

Nature Communications, 2018
Variations in seismicity are observed at subduction zones, but the oceanic sides remain poorly resolved. Here, the author presents tomographic results of the Cascadia subduction system demonstrating that there are significant variations of the oceanic ...
Haiying Gao
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Metamorphic Reactivity Influences Amphibole Creep Behaviour

Journal of Metamorphic Geology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rheological behaviour of solid‐solution minerals may play an important role in determining how metamorphic crust accommodates deformation. Whether or not a mineral's deformation is diffusion or dislocation‐mediated depends on a range of extrinsic variables such as stress, strain rate and temperature, as well as intrinsic variables such as ...
Alix Osinchuk, Brendan V. Dyck, Jesse B. Walters   +2 more
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Horizontal mantle flow controls subduction dynamics

Scientific Reports, 2017
It is generally accepted that subduction is driven by downgoing-plate negative buoyancy. Yet plate age –the main control on buoyancy– exhibits little correlation with most of the present-day subduction velocities and slab dips. “West”-directed subduction
E. Ficini, L. Dal Zilio, C. Doglioni, T. V. Gerya   +3 more
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A Model of Plate Bending at the Transition Zone From Subduction to Collision in Northernmost Manila Trench

Geophysical Research Letters, 2022
It is not rare to observe subduction zones transferring into collision zones. However, it is poorly understood the lateral variation in flexural deformation.
Jiangyang Zhang, Zhen Sun, Hongfeng Yang, Fan Zhang   +3 more
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Seamount chain–subduction zone interactions: Implications for accretionary and erosive subduction zone behavior [PDF]

Geology, 2018
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Clarke, Alexander P., Vannucchi, Paola, Morgan, Jason   +2 more
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Evidence for the continental origin of Pliocene deposits in the central Baja California peninsula, Mexico, and implications for controls on biodiversity

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous studies have documented genetic divergence within the last few million years between northern and southern populations of terrestrial plants and animals along the Baja California peninsula, with many studies hypothesising that the divergence is due to an ancient seaway that crossed the central peninsula and created a physical barrier ...
Kevin K. Gardner, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Stephen T. Hasiotis, José Luis Antinao, Michael H. Darin, Scott E. K. Bennett, Matthew Heizler, Greer Dolby, Brian Hausback   +8 more
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