Subduction initiation at passive continental margins: A review based on numerical studies
The Wilson cycle predicted that the passive continental margin finally collapses and forms a new subduction zone, because the transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere provides as a natural boundary with great density and rheology contrasts. However, this process is hardly constrained,...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Solid Earth Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451912X21000246 |