Crustal anatomy and evolution of a subduction-related orogenic system: Insights from the Southern Central Andes (22-35 S)

L Giambiagi, A Tassara, A Echaurren, J Julve… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
As the archetype of mountain building in subduction zones, the Central Andes has
constituted an excellent example for investigating mountain-building processes for decades …

The Atlas of Morocco: A plume‐assisted orogeny

R Lanari, C Faccenna, C Natali… - Geochemistry …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
We explore the connections between crustal shortening, volcanism, and mantle dynamics in
the Atlas of Morocco. In response to compressional forces and strain localization, this …

Formation of continental microplates through rift linkage: Numerical modeling and its application to the Flemish Cap and Sao Paulo Plateau

D Neuharth, S Brune, A Glerum… - Geochemistry …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Continental microplates are enigmatic plate boundary features, which can occur in
extensional and compressional regimes. Here we focus on microplate formation and their …

Bridging the gap between experimental and natural fabrics: Modeling ice stream fabric evolution and its comparison with ice‐core data

DH Richards, SS Pegler, S Piazolo… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fabrics, also known as textures or crystallographic preferred orientations, reveal information
about the deformation history of the flow of polycrystalline materials, including glacial ice …

Lithospheric structure of the Malawi Rift: Implications for magma‐poor rifting processes

EA N**ju, EA Atekwana, DS Stamps… - …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of how magma‐poor rifts accommodate strain remains limited largely
due to sparse geophysical observations from these rift systems. To better understand the …

Evolving subduction zone thermal structure drives extensive forearc mantle wedge hydration

GS Epstein, CB Condit, RK Stoner, AF Holt… - AGU …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hydration of the subduction zone forearc mantle wedge influences the downdip distribution
of seismicity, the availability of fluids for arc magmatism, and Earth's long term water cycle …

Subduction without volcanic arc magma: Insights from two young subduction zones in the western Pacific

M Dong, T Hao, L Xu, J Zhang, J Zhang, CC Lü, Q He - Tectonophysics, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Missing volcanic arcs in young subduction zones are commonly attributed to an insufficient
subduction depth of the downgoing slab. The North Sulawesi subduction zone (NSS) in the …

Modeling viscoelastic solid earth deformation due to ice age and contemporary glacial mass changes in ASPECT

MFM Weerdesteijn, JB Naliboff… - Geochemistry …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The redistribution of past and present ice and ocean loading on Earth's surface causes solid
Earth deformation and geoid changes, known as glacial isostatic adjustment. The …

Crustal flow driving twin domes exhumation and low-angle normal faulting in the Menderes Massif of western Anatolia

Ö Bodur, OH Göğüş, S Brune, EŞ Uluocak… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Lower crustal flow in regions of post-orogenic extension has been inferred to explain the
exhumation of metamorphic core complexes and associated low-angle normal (detachment) …

Hindered trench migration due to slab steepening controls the formation of the Central Andes

M Pons, SV Sobolev, S Liu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The formation of the Central Andes dates back to∼ 50 Ma, but its most pronounced episode,
including the growth of the Altiplano‐Puna Plateau and pulsatile tectonic shortening phases …