The big mantle wedge and decratonic gold deposits

R Zhu, W Sun - Science China Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Circum-Pacific subduction zone is a famous gold metallogenic domain in the
world, with two important gold metallogenic provinces, the North China Craton and Nevada …

Mechanisms and implications of deep earthquakes

Z Zhan - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Deep earthquakes behave like shallow earthquakes but must have fundamentally different
physical processes. Their rupture behaviors, magnitude-frequency statistics, and aftershocks …

Under the surface: Pressure-induced planetary-scale waves, volcanic lightning, and gaseous clouds caused by the submarine eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha' …

DA Yuen, MA Scruggs, FJ Spera, Y Zheng, H Hu… - Earthquake Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a narrative of the eruptive events culminating in the cataclysmic January 15,
2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano by synthesizing diverse preliminary …

Anisotropic thermal conductivity of antigorite along slab subduction impacts seismicity of intermediate-depth earthquakes

YH Chien, E Marzotto, YC Tsao, WP Hsieh - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Double seismic zones (DSZs) are a feature of some subducting slabs, where intermediate-
depth earthquakes (~ 70–300 km) align along two separate planes. The upper seismic …

Slab transport of fluids to deep focus earthquake depths—thermal modeling constraints and evidence from diamonds

SB Shirey, LS Wagner, MJ Walter, DG Pearson… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The nature and cause of deep earthquakes remain enduring unknowns in the field of
seismology. We present new models of thermal structures of subducted slabs traced to …
GM Bocchini, A Brüstle, D Becker, T Meier… - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
This study revisits subduction processes at the Hellenic Subduction Zone (HSZ) including
tearing, segmentation, and backstep**, by refining the geometry of the Nubian slab down …

Carbonates and intermediate-depth seismicity: Stable and unstable shear in altered subducting plates and overlying mantle

A Prakash, CW Holyoke III, PB Kelemen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
A model for intermediate-depth earthquakes of subduction zones is evaluated based on
shear localization, shear heating, and runaway creep within thin carbonate layers in an …

A quantitative framework for global variations in arc geochemistry

SJ Turner, CH Langmuir - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Arc magmas are generated by partial melting of a mantle wedge modified by inputs from
subducting sediment and igneous ocean crust. Despite this uniform tectonic process, global …