Subduction zones

RJ Stern - Reviews of geophysics, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zones are where sediments, oceanic crust, and mantle lithosphere return to and
reequilibrate with Earth's mantle. Subduction zones are interior expressions of Earth's …

Subduction factory 2. Are intermediate‐depth earthquakes in subducting slabs linked to metamorphic dehydration reactions?

BR Hacker, SM Peacock, GA Abers… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
New thermal‐petrologic models of subduction zones are used to test the hypothesis that
intermediate‐depth intraslab earthquakes are linked to metamorphic dehydration reactions …

Serpentinization of the forearc mantle

RD Hyndman, SM Peacock - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2003 - Elsevier
A wide range of geophysical and geological data indicate that extensive serpentinization in
the forearc mantle is both expected and observed. Large volumes of aqueous fluids must be …

Geodynamics of flat subduction: Seismicity and tomographic constraints from the Andean margin

MA Gutscher, W Spakman, H Bijwaard, ER Engdahl - Tectonics, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The cause and geodynamic impact of flat subduction are investigated. First, the 1500 km
long Peru flat slab segment is examined. Earthquake hypocenter data image two …

The Moho in subduction zones

MG Bostock - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The Moho in subduction zones exists in two distinct forms, one associated with the
subducting oceanic plate and second with the overriding plate. The seismic expression of …

Architecture and dynamics of magma reservoirs

M Edmonds, KV Cashman… - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This introductory article provides a synopsis of our current understanding of the form and
dynamics of magma reservoirs in the crust. This knowledge is based on a range of …

On the relationships between slab dip, back‐arc stress, upper plate absolute motion, and crustal nature in subduction zones

S Lallemand, A Heuret… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Statistical analysis of modern oceanic subduction zone parameters, such as the age of a
downgoing plate or the absolute plate motions, is performed in order to investigate which …

The updip and downdip limits to great subduction earthquakes: Thermal and structural models of Cascadia, south Alaska, SW Japan, and Chile

DA Oleskevich, RD Hyndman… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines thermal and structural controls of the updip and downdip rupture limits
of great subduction thrust earthquakes. Data on past great earthquake seismic limits have …

On the conditions for lower crustal convective instability

M Jull, PB Kelemen - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Continental crust is thought to be formed as a result of arc magmatism, but many of the lavas
produced in these settings are basaltic, while those that are silicic are commonly evolved …

[BOOK][B] The orphan tsunami of 1700: Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America

BF Atwater, S Musumi-Rokkaku, K Satake, Y Tsuji… - 2016 - books.google.com
A puzzling tsunami entered Japanese history in January 1700. Samurai, merchants, and
villagers wrote of minor flooding and damage. Some noted having felt no earthquake; they …