Subduction erosion and arc volcanism

SM Straub, A Gómez-Tuena, P Vannucchi - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Tectonic or subduction erosion refers to the removal of upper-plate material from the forearc
at convergent margins. Subduction erosion has been suggested to represent a major …

A review of the geodynamic evolution of flat slab subduction in Mexico, Peru, and Chile

VC Manea, M Manea, L Ferrari, T Orozco-Esquivel… - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
Subducting plates around the globe display a large variability in terms of slab geometry,
including regions where smooth and little variation in subduction parameters is observed …

Tephra layers in the marine environment: a review of properties and emplacement processes

A Freundt, JC Schindlbeck-Belo, S Kutterolf… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This review focuses on the recognition of volcanic ash occurrences in marine sediment
cores and on using their appearance and properties to deduce their origin. Widespread …

Systematic characterization of morphotectonic variability along the Cascadia convergent margin: Implications for shallow megathrust behavior and tsunami hazards

JT Watt, DS Brothers - Geosphere, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Studies of recent destructive megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis along subduction
margins in Japan, Sumatra, and Chile have linked forearc morphology and structure to …

Fluid accumulation along the Costa Rica subduction thrust and development of the seismogenic zone

NL Bangs, KD McIntosh, EA Silver… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In 2011 we acquired an 11× 55 km, 3‐D seismic reflection volume across the Costa Rica
margin, NW of the Osa Peninsula, to accurately image the subduction thrust in 3‐D, to …

Subduction erosion and crustal material recycling indicated by adakites in central Tibet

ZY Yang, Q Wang, LL Hao, DA Wyman, L Ma… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction erosion is important for crustal material recycling and is widespread in modern
active convergent margins. However, such a process is rarely identified in fossil convergent …

Seamount, ridge, and transform subduction in southern Central America

KD Morell - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the factors that control subduction zone processes is a first‐order goal in the
study of convergent margins. In southern Central America, a growing body of research …

Multiple mixing and hybridization from magma source to final emplacement in the Permian Yamatu pluton, the Northern Alxa Block, China

J Zhang, T Wang, A Castro, L Zhang, X Shi… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
A combined study of zircon U–Pb ages, whole-rock chemistry, Sr–Nd isotopes and in situ Lu–
Hf isotopic ratios in zircons was carried out on Permian monzogranites and mafic …

Oceanographic and climatic consequences of the tectonic evolution of the southern scotia sea basins, Antarctica

LF Pérez, FJ Hernández-Molina, E Lodolo… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Scotia Sea is a complex geological area located in the Southern Ocean which
evolution is closely linked to the opening of the Drake Passage. Structural highs of …

Late M iocene to recent plate tectonic history of the southern C entral A merica convergent margin

KD Morell - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
New plate reconstructions constrain the tectonic evolution of the subducting Cocos and
Nazca plates across the southern Central American subduction zone from late Miocene to …