Cyclicity in Cordilleran orogenic systems

PG DeCelles, MN Ducea, P Kapp, G Zandt - Nature Geoscience, 2009 - nature.com
Cordilleran orogenic systems, such as the modern Andes, are long belts of deformation and
magmatism that are associated with the subduction of oceanic plates beneath continental …

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 …

Linking mantle plumes, large igneous provinces and environmental catastrophes

SV Sobolev, AV Sobolev, DV Kuzmin, NA Krivolutskaya… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are known for their rapid production of enormous volumes of
magma (up to several million cubic kilometres in less than a million years), for marked …

[图书][B] Global tectonics

P Kearey, KA Klepeis, FJ Vine - 2009 - books.google.com
The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant …

Geochemical variations in igneous rocks of the Central Andean orocline (13 S to 18 S): Tracing crustal thickening and magma generation through time and space

M Mamani, G Wörner, T Sempere - Bulletin, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Compositional variations of Central Andean subduction-related igneous rocks
reflect the plate-tectonic evolution of this active continental margin through time and space …

Rhyolites and their source mushes across tectonic settings

O Bachmann, GW Bergantz - Journal of Petrology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Evolved magmas, including highly explosive rhyolites, are mainly generated by extraction of
viscous melts from solid residues either in (1) partial melting zones within the crust …

The thermal structure of subduction zone back arcs

CA Currie, RD Hyndman - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
It is well recognized that active arc volcanism at nearly all subduction zones requires
temperatures greater than 1200° C in the subarc mantle, despite the underthrusting cool …

Deformation of the central Andean upper plate system—Facts, fiction, and constraints for plateau models

O Oncken, D Hindle, J Kley, K Elger, P Victor… - The Andes: Active …, 2006 - Springer
We quantitatively analyse the spatial pattern of deformation partitioning and of temporal
accumulation of deformation in the Central Andes (15–26° S) with the aim of identifying …

The role of viscous heating in Barrovian metamorphism of collisional orogens: thermomechanical models and application to the Lepontine Dome in the Central Alps

JP Burg, TV Gerya - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal models for Barrovian metamorphism driven by doubling the thickness of the
radiogenic crust typically meet difficulty in accounting for the observed peak metamorphic …

A benchmark comparison of spontaneous subduction models—Towards a free surface

H Schmeling, AY Babeyko, A Enns, C Faccenna… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Numerically modelling the dynamics of a self-consistently subducting lithosphere is a
challenging task because of the decoupling problems of the slab from the free surface. We …