Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic

AS Merdith, SE Williams, AS Collins, MG Tetley… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

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 …

A transdisciplinary and community-driven database to unravel subduction zone initiation

F Crameri, V Magni, M Domeier, GE Shephard… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Subduction zones are pivotal for the recycling of Earth's outer layer into its interior. However,
the conditions under which new subduction zones initiate are enigmatic. Here, we …

Granitic record of the assembly of the Asian continent

T Wang, Y Tong, H Huang, H Zhang, L Guo, Z Li… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian continent consists of many continental blocks that assembled during the
Phanerozoic, accompanied by widespread granitoids. By compiling a series of digital maps …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term Phanerozoic global mean sea level: Insights from strontium isotope variations and estimates of continental glaciation

DG van der Meer, CR Scotese, BJW Mills, A Sluijs… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global mean sea level is a key component within the fields of climate and oceanographic
modelling in the Anthropocene. Hence, an improved understanding of eustatic sea level in …

SubMachine: Web‐based tools for exploring seismic tomography and other models of Earth's deep interior

K Hosseini, KJ Matthews, K Sigloch… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We present SubMachine, a collection of web‐based tools for the interactive visualization,
analysis, and quantitative comparison of global‐scale data sets of the Earth's interior …

Northwest Pacific-Izanagi plate tectonics since Cretaceous times from western Pacific mantle structure

J Wu, YA Lin, N Flament, JTJ Wu, Y Liu - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Northwest Pacific-Izanagi subduction histories along Eurasia are poorly
constrained due to extensive subduction, which partially consumed the western Pacific plate …

Subduction initiation triggered by collision: A review based on examples and models

G Yang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Subduction initiation is one of the main unsolved issues in plate tectonics theory with
different proposed mechanisms. In the arc (plateau, terrane)-continent collision models, a …

Dynamics of the abrupt change in Pacific Plate motion around 50 million years ago

J Hu, M Gurnis, J Rudi, G Stadler, RD Müller - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
A drastic change in plate tectonics and mantle convection occurred around 50 Ma as
exemplified by the prominent Hawaiian–Emperor Bend. Both an abrupt Pacific Plate motion …

Izanagi-Pacific ridge subduction revealed by a 56 to 46 Ma magmatic gap along the northeast Asian margin

JTJ Wu, J Wu - Geology, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent studies have debated the timing and spatial configuration of a possible intersection
between the Pacific-Izanagi spreading ridge and the northeast Asian continental margin …