A modern pulse of ultrafast exhumation and diachronous crustal melting in the Nanga Parbat Massif

VE Guevara, AJ Smye, MJ Caddick, MP Searle… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
We combine monazite petrochronology with thermal modeling to evaluate the relative roles
of crustal melting, surface denudation, and tectonics in facilitating ultrafast exhumation of the …

Polarity-reversal subduction zone initiation triggered by buoyant plateau obstruction

J Almeida, N Riel, FM Rosas, JC Duarte… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oceanic lithosphere worldwide is younger than ca. 200 Myr, suggesting that it must have
been globally recycled by the recurrent formation of new subduction zones since the …

Plume‐induced sinking of intracontinental lithospheric mantle: An overlooked mechanism of subduction initiation?

S Cloetingh, A Koptev, I Kovács, T Gerya… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although many different mechanisms for subduction initiation have been proposed, only few
of them are viable in terms of consistency with observations and reproducibility in numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Controls by rheological structure of the lithosphere on the temporal evolution of continental magmatism: Inferences from the Pannonian Basin system

A Koptev, S Cloetingh, IJ Kovács, T Gerya… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Physical-chemical controls of continental magmatism evolution remain enigmatic. Of prime
and controversial nature is the temporal transition from calc-alkaline magmas to alkali …

Bias and error in modelling thermochronometric data: Resolving a potential increase in Plio-Pleistocene erosion rate

SD Willett, F Herman, M Fox, N Stalder… - Earth surface …, 2020 - esurf.copernicus.org
Thermochronometry provides one of few methods to quantify rock exhumation rate and
history, including potential changes in exhumation rate. Thermochronometric ages can …

Effects of Along‐Trench Asymmetric Subduction Initiation on Plate Rotation and Trench Migration: A Laboratory Modeling Perspective

C Wang, W Ding, WP Schellart, Z Tong, C Dong… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of along‐trench asymmetric subduction on plate kinematic evolution (eg, plate
rotation and trench migration) remains enigmatic. In this study, analog experiments were …

Plate corner subduction and rapid localized exhumation: Insights from 3D coupled geodynamic and geomorphological modelling

A Koptev, M Nettesheim, TA Ehlers - Terra Nova, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid, localized exhumation has been reported at many plate corners between adjacent
subduction/collision segments. Here we use a fully‐coupled geodynamic and …

3D geodynamic-geomorphologic modelling of deformation and exhumation at curved plate boundaries: Implications for the southern Alaskan plate corner

A Koptev, M Nettesheim, S Falkowski, TA Ehlers - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Plate corners with extreme exhumation rates are important because they offer a perspective
for understanding the interactions between tectonics and surface processes. The southern …

Subduction development along extinct mid-ocean ridges versus weakened passive continental margins

Y Wu, J Liao, J Qing, Y Shen - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Where subduction zones develop is a fundamental issue in subduction dynamics. Intra-
oceanic settings and continental margins are the main regions for subduction development …

Microcontinent subduction and S-type volcanism prior to India–Asia collision

Z Yang, J Tang, M Santosh, X Zhao, X Lang, Y Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Continental crust has long been considered too buoyant to be subducted beneath another
continent, although geophysical evidence in collision zones predict continental crust …