Episodicity and the dance of late Mesozoic magmatism and deformation along the northern circum-Pacific margin: north-eastern Russia to the Cordillera

VV Akinin, EL Miller, J Toro, AV Prokopiev… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
New U-Pb geochronology and a large and growing geochemical data base has clarified the
age and composition of the extensive magmatic belts of NE Russia, allowing a better …

Ridge subduction, magmatism, and metallogenesis

Q Wang, G Tang, L Hao, D Wyman, L Ma… - Science China Earth …, 2020 - Springer
Modern oceans contain large bathymetric highs (spreading oceanic ridges, aseismic ridges
or oceanic plateaus and inactive arc ridges) that, in total, constitute more than 20–30% of the …

Slab1. 0: A three‐dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries

GP Hayes, DJ Wald, RL Johnson - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We describe and present a new model of global subduction zone geometries, called Slab1.
0. An extension of previous efforts to constrain the two‐dimensional non‐planar geometry of …

Accretionary orogens through Earth history

PA Cawood, A Kröner, WJ Collins, TM Kusky… - 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Accretionary orogens form at intraoceanic and continental margin convergent plate
boundaries. They include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and back-arc …

Transient strip** of subducting slabs controls periodic forearc uplift

A Menant, S Angiboust, T Gerya, R Lacassin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Topography in forearc regions reflects tectonic processes along the subduction interface,
from seismic cycle-related transients to long-term competition between accretion and …

A block model of present‐day kinematics of Alaska and western Canada

J Elliott, JT Freymueller - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present an updated GPS velocity field for Alaska and western Canada and use it to
develop the first regionally comprehensive tectonic block model for the area based on …

Thermal–petrological controls on the location of earthquakes within subducting plates

GA Abers, J Nakajima, PE van Keken, S Kita… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
We find that in young and warm subducting plates, earthquakes occur just below the Moho.
In older plates, earthquakes occur throughout the subducting oceanic crust, as well as the …

[PDF][PDF] Active deformation processes in Alaska, based on 15 years of GPS measurements

JT Freymueller, H Woodard, SC Cohen… - Active tectonics and …, 2008 - academia.edu
We present a comprehensive average velocity field for Alaska, based on repeated GPS
surveys covering the period 992–2007, and review the major results of previously published …

Mantle flow through the Northern Cordilleran slab window revealed by volcanic geochemistry

DJ Thorkelson, JK Madsen, CL Sluggett - Geology, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Northern Cordilleran slab window formed beneath western Canada
concurrently with the opening of the Californian slab window beneath the southwestern …

Crustal structure of the Yakutat terrane and the evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska

LL Worthington, HJA Van Avendonk… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present a two‐dimensional velocity model to constrain crustal thickness and composition
of the Yakutat terrane in the northern Gulf of Alaska. The model was constructed using …