On the initiation of subduction zones

Authors :: Cloetingh, S.A.P.L.
Tankard, A.J.
Welsink, H.
Jenkins, H.
Tectonics
Source :: Pure and Applied Geophysics, 129, 7-29. Springer_Verlag, Cloetingh, S A P L, Tankard, A J, Welsink, H & Jenkins, H 1989, ' On the initiation of subduction zones ', Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 129, pp. 7-29 . https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874622
Publication Year :: 1989
Abstract: Analysis of the relation between intraplate stress fields and lithospheric rheology leads to greater insight into the role that initiation of subduction plays in the tectonic evolution of the lithosphere. Numerical model studies show that if after a short evolution of a passive margin (time span a few tens of million years) subduction has not yet started, continued aging of the passive margin alone does not result in conditions more favorable for transformation into an active margin.

Subjects :: Tectonics
Plate tectonics
Geophysics
Wilson cycle
Subduction
Geochemistry and Petrology
Lithosphere
Passive margin
Intraplate earthquake
Numerical models
Seismology
Geology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 00334553
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Pure and Applied Geophysics, 129, 7-29. Springer_Verlag, Cloetingh, S A P L, Tankard, A J, Welsink, H & Jenkins, H 1989, ' On the initiation of subduction zones ', Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 129, pp. 7-29 . https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874622
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....0e5823c0dc65c741fc1d14af01c6b5e7

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