Much progress has been made over the past several decades in delineating the structure of
subducting slabs, but several key aspects of their dynamics remain poorly constrained …

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 …

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 …

Geometry of basins can indicate their tectonic origin whether they are small or large. The
basins of Bohai Gulf, South China Sea, East China Sea, Japan Sea, Andaman Sea, Okhotsk …

This study provides a comprehensive review of the crystal preferred orientation (CPO) of
olivine and orthopyroxene in the upper mantle, and of several hydrous minerals in the …

Backarc extension is a characteristic feature of many narrow subduction zones.
Seismological and geochemical studies imply the occurrence of mantle flow around the …

The along‐strike variations of the velocity, thickness, and dip of subducting slabs and the
volcano distribution have been observed globally. It is, however, unclear what controls the …

We utilized shear wave splitting analysis of teleseismic SKS, SKKS, and PKS phases to infer
upper mantle deformational fabrics across a substantial area of Southeast Asia, where …

Understanding the dynamics of subduction is critical to our overall understanding of plate
tectonics and the solid Earth system. Observations of seismic anisotropy can yield …

We present temporally evolving 3‐D global mantle convection models with single‐sided
subduction and a free surface in both 3‐D Cartesian and fully spherical geometry. Special …