Search Results - "Tectonophysics"

The World Stress Map database release 2016: Crustal stress pattern across scales by Heidbach, Oliver, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Cui, Xiaofeng, Fuchs, Karl, Müller, Birgit, Reinecker, John, Reiter, Karsten, Tingay, Mark, Wenzel, Friedemann, Xie, Furen, Ziegler, Moritz O., Zoback, Mary-Lou, Zoback, Mark

“…Knowledge of the present-day crustal in-situ stress field is a key for the understanding of geodynamic processes such as global plate tectonics and…”
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Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review by Stern, Robert J., Gerya, Taras

“…How new subduction zones form is an emerging field of scientific research with important implications for our understanding of lithospheric strength, the…”
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Terrestrial heat flow of continental China: Updated dataset and tectonic implications by Jiang, Guangzheng, Hu, Shengbiao, Shi, Yizuo, Zhang, Chao, Wang, Zhuting, Hu, Di

“…Terrestrial heat flow is a crucial parameter to indicate the thermal state within the Earth, containing integrated information of the ground temperature,…”
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Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity by van der Meer, Douwe G., van Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J., Spakman, Wim

“…Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record…”
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Final amalgamation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NE China: Paleo-Asian Ocean closure versus Paleo-Pacific plate subduction — A review of the evidence by Wilde, Simon A.

“…The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) evolved through complex closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean from the Neoproterozoic to the late Phanerozoic. This caused…”
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Reconstructing Greater India: Paleogeographic, kinematic, and geodynamic perspectives by van Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J., Lippert, Peter C., Li, Shihu, Huang, Wentao, Advokaat, Eldert L., Spakman, Wim

“…Key in understanding the geodynamics governing subduction and orogeny is reconstructing the paleogeography of ‘Greater India’, the Indian plate lithosphere…”
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The magnificent seven: A proposal for modest revision of the Van der Voo (1990) quality index by Meert, Joseph G., Pivarunas, Anthony F., Evans, David A.D., Pisarevsky, Sergei A., Pesonen, Lauri J., Li, Zheng-Xiang, Elming, Sten-Åke, Miller, Scott R., Zhang, Shihong, Salminen, Johanna M.

“…Thirty years ago, Rob Van der Voo proposed an elegant and simple system for evaluating the quality of paleomagnetic data. As a second-year Ph.D. student, the…”
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Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review by Wang, Chengshan, Dai, Jingen, Zhao, Xixi, Li, Yalin, Graham, Stephan A., He, Dengfa, Ran, Bo, Meng, Jun

“…The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important…”
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Historical and recent large megathrust earthquakes in Chile by Ruiz, S., Madariaga, R.

“…Recent earthquakes in Chile, 2014, Mw 8.2 Iquique, 2015, Mw 8.3 Illapel and 2016, Mw 7.6 Chiloé have put in evidence some problems with the straightforward…”
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Mantle structure and tectonic history of SE Asia by Hall, Robert, Spakman, Wim

“…Seismic travel-time tomography of the mantle under SE Asia reveals patterns of subduction-related seismic P-wave velocity anomalies that are of great value in…”
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The formation of Pangea by Stampfli, G.M., Hochard, C., Vérard, C., Wilhem, C., vonRaumer, J.

“…The making of Pangea is the result of large-scale amalgamation of continents and micro-continents, which started at the end of the Neoproterozoic with the…”
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Late Jurassic–Cenozoic reconstructions of the Indonesian region and the Indian Ocean by Hall, Robert

“…The heterogeneous Sundaland region was assembled by closure of Tethyan oceans and addition of continental fragments. Its Mesozoic and Cenozoic history is…”
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A review of large low shear velocity provinces and ultra low velocity zones by McNamara, Allen K.

“…Seismic tomography reveals 2 extensive regions in the lowermost mantle, beneath Africa and the Pacific, that exhibit lower-than-average seismic wave speeds…”
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Crustal structure and evolution of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian belt: A review and new interpretations from recent concepts and data by Teixell, A., Labaume, P., Ayarza, P., Espurt, N., de Saint Blanquat, M., Lagabrielle, Y.

“…This paper provides a synthesis of current data and interpretations on the crustal structure of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian orogenic belt, and presents new…”
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Slow-slip, slow earthquakes, period-two cycles, full and partial ruptures, and deterministic chaos in a single asperity fault by Barbot, Sylvain

“…The assimilation of geological, geophysical, and laboratory data in physics-based models of fault dynamics promises increasingly realistic simulations of the…”
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Geodynamics of the South China Sea by Sibuet, Jean-Claude, Yeh, Yi-Ching, Lee, Chao-Shing

“…The beginning of seafloor spreading in the South China Sea (SCS) is now established from IODP drilling Leg 349 at 33Ma. Chron 12 (32Ma) is the oldest chron…”
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A review of mechanical models of dike propagation: Schools of thought, results and future directions by Rivalta, E., Taisne, B., Bunger, A.P., Katz, R.F.

“…Magma transport in brittle rock occurs by diking. Understanding the dynamics of diking and its observable consequences is essential to deciphering magma…”
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Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat by Jolivet, Laurent, Faccenna, Claudio, Huet, Benjamin, Labrousse, Loïc, Le Pourhiet, Laetitia, Lacombe, Olivier, Lecomte, Emmanuel, Burov, Evguenii, Denèle, Yoann, Brun, Jean-Pierre, Philippon, Mélody, Paul, Anne, Salaün, Gwenaëlle, Karabulut, Hayrullah, Piromallo, Claudia, Monié, Patrick, Gueydan, Frédéric, Okay, Aral I., Oberhänsli, Roland, Pourteau, Amaury, Augier, Romain, Gadenne, Leslie, Driussi, Olivier

“…We review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean–Anatolia region and discuss strain localisation there over geological times. From Late Eocene to Present,…”
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Cenozoic cooling history of the North Qilian Shan, northern Tibetan Plateau, and the initiation of the Haiyuan fault: Constraints from apatite- and zircon-fission track thermochronology by Li, Bing, Chen, Xuanhua, Zuza, Andrew V., Hu, Daogong, Ding, Weicui, Huang, Penghui, Xu, Shenglin

“…The growth of the Tibetan Plateau resulted primarily from India-Asia convergence since initial collision at 65–55 Ma. The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt and…”
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Cenozoic multi-phase deformation in the Qilian Shan and out-of-sequence development of the northern Tibetan Plateau by Li, Bing, Zuza, Andrew V., Chen, Xuanhua, Hu, Daogong, Shao, Zhaogang, Qi, Bangshen, Wang, Zeng-zhen, Levy, Drew A., Xiong, Xiaosong

“…Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and the distribution of deformation across it are the result of India-Asia collision, which bring an opportunity of understanding…”
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