The causes of continental arc flare ups and drivers of episodic magmatic activity in Cordilleran orogenic systems

JB Chapman, JE Shields, MN Ducea, SR Paterson… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Continental arcs in Cordilleran orogenic systems display episodic changes in magma
production rate, alternating between flare ups (70–90 km 3 km− 1 Myr− 1) and lulls (< 20 km …

Geodynamic controls on magmatic arc migration and quiescence

GM Gianni, SP Luján - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Reconfigurations of magmatic arcs through time have been recognized since pioneering
works, describing inland and trenchward arc migrations or magmatic shut-off lasting for …

Reconstructing Greater India: Paleogeographic, kinematic, and geodynamic perspectives

DJJ van Hinsbergen, PC Lippert, S Li, W Huang… - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Key in understanding the geodynamics governing subduction and orogeny is reconstructing
the paleogeography of 'Greater India', the Indian plate lithosphere that subducted since …

A new driving mechanism for backarc extension and backarc shortening through slab sinking induced toroidal and poloidal mantle flow: Results from dynamic …

WP Schellart, L Moresi - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We present numerical subduction models to investigate overriding plate deformation at
subduction zones. All models show forearc shortening, resulting predominantly from shear …

Rapid change from compression to extension in the North China Craton during the Early Cretaceous: Evidence from the Yunmengshan metamorphic core complex

G Zhu, Y Chen, D Jiang, S Lin - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
The Yunmengshan metamorphic core complex (YMMCC) is situated in the northern part of
the eastern North China Craton (NCC). The main structures in the YMMCC area include the …

Tectono-metallogenic systems—The place of mineral systems within tectonic evolution, with an emphasis on Australian examples

DL Huston, TP Mernagh, SG Hagemann… - Ore Geology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tectono-metallogenic systems are geological systems that link geodynamic and tectonic
processes with ore-forming processes. Fundamental geodynamic processes, including …

Multiple episodes of continental subduction during India/Asia convergence: Insight from seismic tomography and tectonic reconstruction

A Replumaz, AM Negredo, S Guillot, A Villaseñor - Tectonophysics, 2010 - Elsevier
High wavespeed tomographic anomalies shallower than 1100km beneath the India/Asia
collision zone are interpreted as continental slabs subducted during collision. Combining …

Crustal deformation and dynamics of Early Cretaceous in the North China Craton

G Zhu, Y Lu, N Su, X Wu, H Yin, S Zhang, C Xie… - Science China Earth …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Early Cretaceous represents a peak period of the North China Craton (NCC)
destruction. A comprehensive analysis of crustal deformation during this period can reveal …

Paired metamorphic belts revisited

M Brown - Gondwana Research, 2010 - Elsevier
The modern plate tectonics regime is characterized by a duality of thermal environments,
one representing the subduction zone and the other representing the arc–backarc or …

Trench migration and overriding plate stress in dynamic subduction models

AF Holt, TW Becker, BA Buffett - Geophysical Journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
On Earth, oceanic plates subduct beneath a variety of overriding plate (OP) styles, from
relatively thin and negatively buoyant oceanic OPs to thick and neutrally/positively buoyant …