Future directions in subduction modeling

T Gerya - Journal of Geodynamics, 2011 - Elsevier
During the last four decades, subduction remained one of the most challenging and
captivating geodynamic processes investigated with numerical techniques. While significant …

Pacific-type transform and convergent margins: igneous rocks, geochemical contrasts and discriminant diagrams

AV Grebennikov, AI Khanchuk - International Geology Review, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Transform margins represent lithospheric plate boundaries with horizontal sliding of the
oceanic plate, which in time and space replaced the subduction-related convergent margins …

Variation in styles of rifting in the Gulf of California

D Lizarralde, GJ Axen, HE Brown, JM Fletcher… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Constraints on the structure of rifted continental margins and the magmatism resulting from
such rifting can help refine our understanding of the strength of the lithosphere, the state of …

Early Permian A-type granites from central Inner Mongolia, North China: Magmatic tracer of post-collisional tectonics and oceanic crustal recycling

X Zhang, L Yuan, F Xue, X Yan, Q Mao - Gondwana Research, 2015 - Elsevier
A-type granitoids constitute volumetrically minor but genetically important building blocks of
most post-Archean continental landmasses on Earth and their diversified genesis …

The tectonic fabric of the ocean basins

KJ Matthews, RD Müller, P Wessel… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We present a global community data set of fracture zones (FZs), discordant zones,
propagating ridges, V‐shaped structures and extinct ridges, digitized from vertical gravity …

Origin of the adakite–high-Nb basalt association and its implications for postsubduction magmatism in Baja California, Mexico

PR Castillo - Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Constraining the origin of the adakite–high-Nb basalt (HNB) association in Baja California,
Mexico, is critical to a better understanding of global arc magmatism. Currently the preferred …

Detrital zircon ages from Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic conglomerate and sandstone units of New Brunswick and coastal Maine: implications for the tectonic …

LR Fyffe, SM Barr, SC Johnson, MJ McLeod… - Atlantic Geology, 2009 - erudit.org
Detrital zircon ages were determined for conglomerate and sandstone samples from six fault-
bounded belts in New Brunswick and coastal Maine. Formations sampled included the …

High-resolution reconstructions of Pacific–North America plate motion: 20 Ma to present

C DeMets, S Merkouriev - Geophysical Journal International, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present new rotations that describe the relative positions and velocities of the Pacific and
North America plates at 22 times during the past 19.7 Myr, offering≈ 1-Myr temporal …

Slab-tearing following ridge-trench collision: Evidence from Miocene volcanism in Baja California, México

C Pallares, RC Maury, H Bellon, JY Royer… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2007 - Elsevier
Neogene magmatic activity in Central Baja California underwent a major change at ca. 12.5
Ma, when the Pacific–Farallon active oceanic ridge collided with the trench east of Vizcaíno …