Subduction initiation

The Beginning of a Wilson Cycle in an Accretionary Orogen. The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean Opened Assisted by a Devonian Mantle Plume
The subduction initiation dynamics and southwestern extension of the Mongol-Okhotsk suture zone in Central Asia have been enigmatic due …
Mingshuai Zhu, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Chongrui Tang, Shun Li, Dorjgochoo Sanchir, Laicheng Miao, Fuqin Zhang, Ariuntsegtseg Ganbat, Munkhtsengel Baatar, Chimedtseren Anaad, Jilei Li
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Ophiolites in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt record Cambrian subduction initiation processes
Subduction initiation remains elusive because no present example exists. Ophiolites formed over nascent subduction zones in the past …
Mingshuai Zhu, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Matthijs A. Smit, Laicheng Miao, Fuqin Zhang, Dorjgochoo Snchir, Ariuntsegtseg Ganbat, Chenghao Liu, Ye Luo, Shun Li
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Ophiolites in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt record Cambrian subduction initiation processes
Do microcontinents nucleate subduction initiation?
Subduction initiation is a pivotal process in plate tectonics. Models of subduction initiation include the collapse of passive margins, …
Mingshuai Zhu, Zhiyong Yan, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Lin Chen, Laicheng Miao, Fuqin Zhang, Shun Li, Shuhu Yang
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Do microcontinents nucleate subduction initiation?