[HTML][HTML] Back-arc basins: A global view from geophysical synthesis and analysis

IM Artemieva - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This global study of 31 off-shore back-arc basins and subbasins (BABs) identifies their
principal characteristics based on a broad spectrum of geophysical and subduction-related …

Role of arc processes in the formation of continental crust

O Jagoutz, PB Kelemen - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
We review data and recent research on arc composition, focusing on the relatively complete
arc crustal sections in the Jurassic Talkeetna arc (south central Alaska) and the Cretaceous …

Machine learning thermobarometry and chemometry using amphibole and clinopyroxene: a window into the roots of an arc volcano (Mount Liamuiga, Saint Kitts)

O Higgins, T Sheldrake, L Caricchi - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2022‏ - Springer
The physical and chemical properties of magma govern the eruptive style and behaviour of
volcanoes. Many of these parameters are linked to the storage pressure (P) and temperature …

Current block motions and strain accumulation on active faults in the Caribbean

S Symithe, E Calais, JB De Chabalier… - Journal of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Caribbean plate and its boundaries with north and south America, marked by
subduction and large intra‐arc strike‐slip faults, are a natural laboratory for the study of …

Forearc basins: Types, geometries, and relationships to subduction zone dynamics

A Noda - Bulletin, 2016‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Forearc basins are one of the fundamental sedimentary basins, and they preserve various
geological phenomena arising from dynamic interactions between subducting and …

Upper-plate rigidity determines depth-varying rupture behaviour of megathrust earthquakes

V Sallarès, CR Ranero - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
Seismological data provide evidence of a depth-dependent rupture behaviour of
earthquakes occurring at the megathrust fault of subduction zones, also known as …

A machine learning‐based approach to clinopyroxene thermobarometry: Model optimization and distribution for use in Earth sciences

C Jorgenson, O Higgins, M Petrelli… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Thermobarometry is a fundamental tool to quantitatively interrogate magma plumbing
systems and broaden our appreciation of volcanic processes. Developments in random …

Experimental evidence for polybaric differentiation of primitive arc basalt beneath St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles

E Melekhova, J Blundy, R Robertson… - Journal of …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Equilibrium crystallization experiments have been performed on a primitive high-MgO basalt
(HMB) from Soufrière, St. Vincent, with three initial H2O contents (0· 6, 2· 3 and 4· 5 wt%), at …

Foundering of lower island-arc crust as an explanation for the origin of the continental Moho

O Jagoutz, MD Behn - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
A long-standing theory for the genesis of continental crust is that it is formed in subduction
zones. However, the observed seismic properties of lower crust and upper mantle in oceanic …

[HTML][HTML] The role of arc migration in the development of the Lesser Antilles: A new tectonic model for the Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Caribbean

RW Allen, JS Collier, AG Stewart, T Henstock… - …, 2019‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Continental arc systems often show evidence of large-scale migration both toward and away
from the incoming plate. In oceanic arc systems, however, while slab roll-back and the …