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Rheology and strength of the lithosphere
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In this paper, the authors address the problems related to lithosphere rheology and mechanics by first reviewing the rock mechanics data, Te (flexure) and Ts (earthquake) data and long-term observations such as folding and subsidence data, and then by examining the physical plausibility of various rheological models.About:
This article is published in Marine and Petroleum Geology.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 337 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lithosphere & Lithospheric flexure.read more
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Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat
Laurent Jolivet,Claudio Faccenna,Benjamin Huet,Loïc Labrousse,Laetitia Le Pourhiet,Olivier Lacombe,Emmanuel Lecomte,E. Burov,Yoann Denèle,Jean-Pierre Brun,Melody Philippon,Anne Paul,G. Salaün,Hayrullah Karabulut,Claudia Piromallo,Patrick Monié,Frédéric Gueydan,Aral I. Okay,Roland Oberhänsli,Amaury Pourteau,Romain Augier,Leslie Gadenne,Olivier Driussi +22 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean-Anatolia region and discuss strain localisation there over geological times, and they favour a model where slab retreat is the main driving engine, and successive slab tearing episodes are the main causes of this stepwise strain localization and the inherited heterogeneity of the crust is a major factor for localising detachments.
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Asymmetric three-dimensional topography over mantle plumes
TL;DR: New, ultra-high-resolution, three-dimensional numerical experiments on topography over mantle plumes are presented, incorporating a weakly pre-stressed (ultra-slow spreading), rheologically realistic lithosphere, which shows complex surface evolution, which suggests a dominant role for continental rheological structure and intra-plate stresses in controlling dynamic topography, mantle–lithosphere interactions, and continental break-up processes above mantle plume.
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Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth
Richard M. Palin,M. Santosh,M. Santosh,Wentao Cao,Shan-Shan Li,David Hernández-Uribe,A. J. Parsons +6 more
TL;DR: A review of evidence for paleo-subduction preserved within the geological record, with a focus on metamorphic rocks and the geodynamic information that can be derived from them is provided in this paper.
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Slab detachment during continental collision: Influence of crustal rheology and interaction with lithospheric delamination
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ two-dimensional thermo-mechanical modeling to study the importance of crustal rheology on the evolution of subduction-collision systems.
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Underpinning tectonic reconstructions of the western Mediterranean region with dynamic slab evolution from 3‐D numerical modeling
TL;DR: In this paper, three disparate tectonic evolution scenarios are identified, each portraying slab rollback as the driving mechanism but with rollback starting from strongly different subduction geometries.
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