At ocean margins where two plates converge, the oceanic plate sinks or is subducted
beneath an upper one topped by a layer of terrestrial crust. This crust is constructed of …

Progress in seismic methodology and ambitious large‐scale seismic projects are enabling
high‐resolution imaging of the continental crust. The ability to constrain interpretations of …

Accretionary orogens form at intraoceanic and continental margin convergent plate
boundaries. They include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and back-arc …

The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant …

The apatite fission-track method is used to determine the exhumation history of the Olympic
subduction complex, an uplifted part of the modern Cascadia accretionary wedge. Fission …

Many geological and geophysical investigations, particularly the Deep Sea Drilling Project,
have shown that convergent plate margins are highly diverse features. For example, at some …

Siletzia is a basaltic Paleocene and Eocene large igneous province in coastal Oregon,
Washington, and southern Vancouver Island that was accreted to North America in the early …

The subduction-channel model predicts five geologically and geophysically distinctive types
of convergent plate margin. They differ primarily in the proportions of incoming sediment and …

Subduction of hydrated oceanic lithosphere can carry water deep into the Earth, with
consequences for a range of tectonic and magmatic processes. Most of the fluid is released …

From the extraterrestrial telescopic, space probe, meteorite and returned sample studies of
planetary evolution, and terrestrial evidence for early differentiation of core and fluid spheres …