Expression of active tectonics in erosional landscapes

E Kirby, KX Whipple - Journal of structural geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Understanding the manner and degree to which topography in active mountain ranges
reflects deformation of the Earth's surface remains a first order goal of tectonic …

Ridge subduction, magmatism, and metallogenesis

Q Wang, G Tang, L Hao, D Wyman, L Ma… - Science China Earth …, 2020 - Springer
Modern oceans contain large bathymetric highs (spreading oceanic ridges, aseismic ridges
or oceanic plateaus and inactive arc ridges) that, in total, constitute more than 20–30% of the …

Neogene rejuvenation of central Appalachian topography: Evidence for differential rock uplift from stream profiles and erosion rates

SR Miller, PB Sak, E Kirby, PR Bierman - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The persistence of topography within ancient orogens remains one of the outstanding
questions in landscape evolution. In the eastern North American Appalachians, this question …

Topographic controls on soil nitrogen availability in a lowland tropical forest

SR Weintraub, PG Taylor, S Porder, CC Cleveland… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Geomorphic position often correlates with nutrient cycling across landscapes. In tropical
forests, topography is known to influence phosphorus (P) availability, but its effect on …

Late Miocene exhumation of the Western Cordillera, Ecuador, driven by increased coupling between the subducting Carnegie Ridge and the South American …

A Margirier, MR Strecker, PW Reiners, SN Thomson… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The subduction of bathymetric highs, such as aseismic ridges, leads to far‐reaching
changes in the dynamics of subduction zones with increased plate coupling and …

[HTML][HTML] Global correlations between maximum magnitudes of subduction zone interface thrust earthquakes and physical parameters of subduction zones

WP Schellart, N Rawlinson - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2013 - Elsevier
The maximum earthquake magnitude recorded for subduction zone plate boundaries varies
considerably on Earth, with some subduction zone segments producing giant subduction …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variability of the b-value and seismic potential in Costa Rica

M Arroyo-Solórzano, L Linkimer - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
Costa Rica is a seismically active region located in a subduction zone. Combining
earthquake data from the National Seismological Network and several Central American …

Seamount, ridge, and transform subduction in southern Central America

KD Morell - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the factors that control subduction zone processes is a first‐order goal in the
study of convergent margins. In southern Central America, a growing body of research …

Rapid pulses of uplift, subsidence, and subduction erosion offshore Central America: Implications for building the rock record of convergent margins

P Vannucchi, PB Sak, JP Morgan, K Ohkushi… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 334 to southern Costa Rica,
Central America, documented unprecedented subduction erosion in an area of active …

Density structure and geometry of the Costa Rican subduction zone from 3-D gravity modeling and local earthquake data

OH Lücke, IG Arroyo - Solid Earth, 2015 - se.copernicus.org
The eastern part of the oceanic Cocos Plate presents a heterogeneous crustal structure due
to diverse origins and ages as well as plate-hot spot interactions which originated the Cocos …