Subduction initiation from the earliest stages to self-sustained subduction: Insights from the analysis of 70 Cenozoic sites

S Lallemand, D Arcay - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the question of the initiation and mechanisms involved in the process of
subduction zone formation, we explored most of the available evidence for the subduction …

Spatial and temporal radiogenic isotopic trends of magmatism in Cordilleran orogens

JB Chapman, MN Ducea, P Kapp, GE Gehrels… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
An intrinsic feature of Cordillera-style orogenic systems is a spatial trend in the radiogenic
isotopic composition of subduction-related magmatism. Magmatism is most isotopically …

[图书][B] Earth as an evolving planetary system

KC Condie - 2021 - books.google.com
Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the
evolution and interaction through time of Earth's crust, mantle, core, atmosphere …

Mantle recycling: transition zone metamorphism of Tibetan ophiolitic peridotites and its tectonic implications

WL Griffin, JC Afonso, EA Belousova… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Large peridotite massifs are scattered along the 1500 km length of the Yarlung–Zangbo
Suture Zone (southern Tibet, China), the major suture between Asia and Greater India …

The tempo of back-arc basin evolution: Insights from the early Paleozoic Proto-Tethyan North Qilian orogenic belt, northeastern Tibet

D Fu, B Huang, SA Wilde, TE Johnson, A Polat… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Back-arc basins are pivotal sites for the generation and consumption of oceanic lithosphere
in mature intra-oceanic convergent plate margins. However, the processes and mechanisms …

Puzzling features of western Mediterranean tectonics explained by slab dragging

W Spakman, MV Chertova, A van den Berg… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The recent tectonic evolution of the western Mediterranean region is enigmatic. The causes
for the closure of the Moroccan marine gateway prior to the Messinian salinity crisis, for the …

Slab rupture and delamination under the Betics and Rif constrained from receiver functions

F de Lis Mancilla, G Booth-Rea, D Stich… - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
We map the lithospheric structure under the westernmost Mediterranean convergent setting
interpreting P-receiver functions obtained from a dense seismic network. No orogenic root …

Crustal structure of active deformation zones in Africa: Implications for global crustal processes

CJ Ebinger, D Keir, ID Bastow, K Whaler… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cenozoic East African rift (EAR), Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL), and Atlas
Mountains formed on the slow‐moving African continent, which last experienced orogeny …

Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the Western Alboran Sea Basin in the last 25 Myrs

D Do Couto, C Gorini, L Jolivet, N Lebret, R Augier… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Western Alboran Basin (WAB) formation has always been the subject of debate
and considered either as a back-arc or a forearc basin. Stratigraphic analyses of high …

Lithospheric structure of I beria and M orocco using finite‐frequency R ayleigh wave tomography from earthquakes and seismic ambient noise

I Palomeras, A Villaseñor, S Thurner… - Geochemistry …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new 3‐D shear velocity model of the western Mediterranean from the
Pyrenees, Spain, to the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the estimated crustal and …