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 …

Continental collision zones are primary sites for net continental crust growth—A testable hypothesis

Y Niu, Z Zhao, DC Zhu, X Mo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The significance of the continental crust (CC) on which we live is self-evident. However, our
knowledge remains limited on its origin, its way and rate of growth, and how it has acquired …

[HTML][HTML] Subduction zone geochemistry

YF Zheng - Geoscience Frontiers, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Crustal recycling at convergent plate boundaries is essential to mantle heterogeneity.
However, crustal signatures in the mantle source of basaltic rocks above subduction zones …

Tectonic evolution of convergent plate margins and its geological effects

Y Zheng, Y Chen, R Chen, L Dai - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022‏ - Springer
Oceanic lithosphere is generated at divergent plate boundaries and disappears at
convergent plate boundaries. Seafloor spreading and plate subduction together constitute …

The global range of subduction zone thermal models

EM Syracuse, PE van Keken, GA Abers - Physics of the Earth and …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
We model 56 segments of subduction zones using kinematically defined slabs based on
updated geometries from Syracuse and Abers (2006) to obtain a comprehensive suite of …

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 …

Chemical geodynamics of mafic magmatism above subduction zones

YF Zheng, Z Xu, L Chen, LQ Dai, ZF Zhao - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The geochemical signatures of subducting crust have been identified in various types of
mafic igneous rocks at convergent plate boundaries, where island arc basalts (IAB) and …

Contribution of syncollisional felsic magmatism to continental crust growth: a case study of the Paleogene Linzizong volcanic succession in southern Tibet

X Mo, Y Niu, G Dong, Z Zhao, Z Hou, S Zhou, S Ke - Chemical Geology, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The Linzizong volcanic succession (~ 65–45 Ma) and the coeval batholiths (~ 60− 40 Ma) of
andesitic to rhyolitic composition represent a magmatic response to the India–Asia …

[كتاب][B] Global tectonics

P Kearey, KA Klepeis, FJ Vine - 2009‏ - books.google.com
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 …

[كتاب][B] Energy in nature and society: general energetics of complex systems

V Smil - 2007‏ - books.google.com
A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy
in nature and society, from solar radiation and photosynthesis to our fossil fuelled civilization …