Evolving force balance during incipient subduction

By Michael Gurnis, C. Hall, L. Lavier. 2004

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Subduction initiation at passive margins: Numerical modeling (2010, background): “... [e.g., Uyeda and Ben‐Avraham, 1972; Hilde et al., 1977; Karson and Dewey, 1978; Casey and Dewey, 1984], (4) sediment or other topographic loading at passive margins [e.g., Dewey, 1969; Fyfe and Leonardos, 1977; Karig, 1982; Cloetingh et al., 1982; Erickson, 1993; Pascal and Cloetingh, 2009], (5)”
Modeling the Dynamics of Subducting Slabs (2008, background): “…have shown that ridge-push forces are sufficient to overcome the resisting forces of a visco-plastic plate if there is a preexisting weak zone, such as fracture zone, and subduction becomes self-sustaining when the slab length reaches approximately 100–150 km (Hall et al. 2003, Gurnis et al. 2004).”
Urey ratio and the structure and evolution of Earth's mantle (2008, background): “…of selfsustaining weakening has been intensively studied particularly since the mid-1990s [e.g., Bercovici, 1996; Moresi and Solomatov, 1998; Trompert and Hansen, 1998; Tackley, 2000b; Richards et al., 2001; Auth et al., 2003; Gurnis et al., 2004; Stein et al., 2004; Bercovici and Ricard, 2005].”
Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review (2017, background): “Recent innovations made in SI research go significantly beyond the available reviews (e.g., Stern, 2004; Gurnis et al., 2004; Gerya, 2011) and require thoughtful systematization and analysis, which motivate this review.”
A new driving mechanism for backarc extension and backarc shortening through slab sinking induced toroidal and poloidal mantle flow: Results from dynamic subduction models with an overriding plate (2013, background): “Indeed, geodynamic models that study subduction initiation require applied velocity boundary conditions to form a new subduction zone [e.g., Hall et al., 2003; Gurnis et al., 2004].”
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