The subduction plate interface: Rock record and mechanical coupling (from long to short timescales)

P Agard, A Plunder, S Angiboust, G Bonnet, J Ruh - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Short-and long-term processes at or close to the subduction plate interface (eg, mineral
transformations, fluid release, seismicity and more generally deformation) might be more …

What's down there? The structures, materials and environment of deep-seated slow slip and tremor

WM Behr, R Bürgmann - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Deep-seated slow slip and tremor (SST), including slow slip events, episodic tremor and
slip, and low-frequency earthquakes, occur downdip of the seismogenic zone of numerous …

Geological constraints on the mechanisms of slow earthquakes

JD Kirkpatrick, Å Fagereng, DR Shelly - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The recognition of slow earthquakes in geodetic and seismological data has transformed the
understanding of how plate motions are accommodated at major plate boundaries. Slow …

[HTML][HTML] Dehydration-induced rheological heterogeneity and the deep tremor source in warm subduction zones

WM Behr, AJ Kotowski, KT Ashley - Geology, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present observations from an exhumed subduction complex that resembles the
environment of modern deep episodic tremor and slow slip (ETS). We focus on the Cycladic …

Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms

A Romagny, L Jolivet, A Menant… - Bulletin de la …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab retreat, slab tearing and interactions of slabs are first-order drivers of the deformation of
the overriding lithosphere. An independent description of the tectonic evolution of the back …

[HTML][HTML] Length scales and types of heterogeneities along the deep subduction interface: Insights from exhumed rocks on Syros Island, Greece

AJ Kotowski, WM Behr - Geosphere, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We use structural and microstructural observations from exhumed subduction-related rocks
exposed on Syros Island (Cyclades, Greece) to provide constraints on the length scales and …

Exhumation of eclogite and blueschist (Cyclades, Greece): Pressure–temperature evolution determined by thermobarometry and garnet equilibrium modelling

V Laurent, P Lanari, I Naïr, R Augier… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
High‐P rocks such as eclogite and blueschist are metamorphic markers of palaeo‐
subduction zones, and their formation at high‐P and low‐T (HP–LT) conditions is relatively …

Isotopic compositions of sulfides in exhumed high‐pressure terranes: implications for sulfur cycling in subduction zones

JB Walters, AM Cruz‐Uribe… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction is a key component of Earth's long‐term sulfur cycle; however, the mechanisms
that drive sulfur from subducting slabs remain elusive. Isotopes are a sensitive indicator of …

Extraneous argon in high-pressure metamorphic rocks: Distribution, origin and transport in the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (Greece)

V Laurent, B Huet, L Labrousse, L Jolivet, P Monie… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The 40 Ar/39 Ar geochronological technique has significantly contributed to the
study of crustal deformation. However, the frequent occurrence of extraneous argon in high …

Insight into the early exhumation of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit, Syros, Greece: Combined application of zoned garnet geochronology, thermodynamic modeling, and …

JS Gorce, MJ Caddick, EF Baxter… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Constraining conditions and mechanisms of the early stages of exhumation from within
subduction zones is challenging. Although pressure, temperature, and age can be inferred …