Multistage lithospheric drips control active basin formation within an uplifting orogenic plateau

AJ Andersen, OH Göğüş, RN Pysklywec… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
According to GNSS/INSAR measurements, the Konya Basin in Central Anatolia is
undergoing rapid subsidence within an uplifting orogenic plateau. Further, geophysical …

Diverse styles of lithospheric dripping: Synthesizing gravitational instability models, continental tectonics, and geologic observations

M McMillan, LM Schoenbohm - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Density instabilities in the lithosphere can founder gravitationally via viscous dripping and
decoupling from overlying crust. The lithospheric dripping concept has been invoked across …

Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Lunpola basin strata constrains the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of central Tibet

X Liu, R Gao, X Guo, L Ding - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of central Tibet plays an important role in the growth of the
Tibetan plateau. Paleoelevation studies show that the central Tibetan plateau hosted an …

Basin formation, magmatism, and exhumation document southward migrating flat-slab subduction in the central Andes

JE Saylor, KE Sundell, ND Perez, JB Hensley… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Andean Plateau is the largest plateau formed in a non-collisional
setting and is taller, wider, has thicker crust, and has greater retroarc shortening than any …

Symptomatic lithospheric drips triggering fast topographic rise and crustal deformation in the Central Andes

J Andersen, OH Göğüş, RN Pysklywec… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
The basin and plateau regions of the Central Andes have undergone phases of rapid
subsidence and uplift during the last~ 20 Myr in addition to internal tectonic deformation …

Subduction and hydrogen release: The case of Bolivian Altiplano

I Moretti, P Baby, P Alvarez Zapata, RV Mendoza - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural hydrogen is known to be generated in the crust by water/rock interactions, especially
the oxidation of iron-rich rock or radiolysis. However, other sources, especially deeper ones …

Lithospheric foundering in progress imaged under an extinct continental arc

V Schulte‐Pelkum, D Kilb - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A long‐standing question is how felsic continental crust is differentiated from its mafic parent
mantle magmas. One currently proposed fundamental mechanism is lithospheric foundering …

Crustal bobbing in response to lithospheric foundering recorded by detrital proxy records from the central Andean Plateau

B Carrapa, G Jepson, PG DeCelles… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Lithospheric foundering is an important mechanism of crustal deformation and recycling,
basin subsidence, and surface uplift in orogenic systems. The Arizaro Basin, in the Puna …

[HTML][HTML] Trans-crustal magmatic processes revealed by amphibole breakdown textures at the Quillacas monogenetic volcanic center, Bolivia

LCV Santana, CL McLeod, B Shaulis, M Loocke… - Lithos, 2025 - Elsevier
Amphibole exerts a fundamental control on arc magma petrogenesis, differentiation, and the
long-term evolution of the arc crust. This study identifies two texturally distinct amphibole …

Plateau formation controlled by lithospheric foundering under a weak crust

M McMillan, LM Schoenbohm… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lithospheric foundering is hypothesized to contribute to the formation of Earth's largest
continental plateaus, but the predicted effects remain poorly constrained, especially …