As subducting plates reach the base of the upper mantle, some appear to flatten and
stagnate, while others seemingly go through unimpeded. This variable resistance to slab …

Abstract The East Kunlun Orogen is an integral component of the northern Qinghai-Tibet
plateau. Here we synthesize the geologic, geochemical, geochronological and …

The Aegean region is a concentrate of the main geodynamic processes that shaped the
Mediterranean region: oceanic and continental subduction, mountain building, high …

Rocks metamorphosed under high-pressure (HP) and ultra high-pressure (UHP) conditions
in subduction zones come back to the surface relatively soon after their burial and at rates …

Numerically modelling the dynamics of a self-consistently subducting lithosphere is a
challenging task because of the decoupling problems of the slab from the free surface. We …

We present lithospheric‐scale analog models, investigating how the absolute plates' motion
and subduction of buoyant oceanic plateaus can affect both the kinematics and the …

We discuss the relationships between Andean shortening, plate velocities at the trench, and
slab geometry beneath South America. Although some correlation exists between the …

Transition zone slab deformation influences Earth's thermal, chemical, and tectonic
evolution. However, the mechanisms responsible for the wide range of imaged slab …

Subducting plates around the globe display a large variability in terms of slab geometry,
including regions where smooth and little variation in subduction parameters is observed …

How flat slab geometries are generated has been long debated. It has been suggested that
trenchward motion of thick cratons in some areas of South America and Cenozoic North …