How new subduction zones form is an emerging field of scientific research with important
implications for our understanding of lithospheric strength, the driving force of plate …

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 …

During the last four decades, subduction remained one of the most challenging and
captivating geodynamic processes investigated with numerical techniques. While significant …

We present a review of the analogue modelling method, which has been used for 200 years,
and continues to be used, to investigate geological phenomena and geodynamic processes …

During the past five decades, numerical modeling of subduction, one of the most
challenging and captivating geodynamic processes, remained in the core of geodynamic …

The Chaidanuo granite batholith is a∼ 500 km 2 homogeneous, high-level intrusion in the
North Qilian oceanic suture zone. Three types of enclaves have been recognized, including …

Subduction initiation at passive margins plays a central role in the plate tectonics theory.
However, the process by which a passive margin becomes active is not well understood. In …

Subduction is a key process for terrestrial plate tectonics, but its initiation is still not entirely
understood. In particular, despite the abundance of both passive and active continental …

Understanding the conditions for forming new subduction zones at passive continental
margins is important for understanding plate tectonics and the Wilson cycle. Previous …

Subduction polarity reversal, an induced subduction initiation (SI), may occur frequently in
geological history as exemplified by the Solomon subduction zone. However, the …