Deciphering Subduction Polarity During Ancient Arc‐Continent Collisions
| Title: | Deciphering Subduction Polarity During Ancient Arc‐Continent Collisions |
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| Authors: | Zhiyong Yan, Lin Chen, Andrew V. Zuza, Xiao Xiang, Renxian Xie, Sanxi Ai |
| Source: | Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 51, Iss 15, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Geophysics. Cosmic physics |
| Subject Terms: | arc‐continent collision, diagnostic indicators, subduction polarity, numerical simulation, Geophysics. Cosmic physics, QC801-809 |
| More Details: | Abstract The closure of an ancient ocean basin via oceanic arc‐continent collision has two subduction styles with opposite polarities, which may proceed via subduction polarity reversal (SPR) or a subduction zone jump (SZJ). Interpreting the geometry or kinematic evolution of ancient collisional zones, especially the original subduction polarity, can be challenging. Here we used 2D thermo‐mechanical modeling to investigate the dynamic evolution process of SPR versus SZJ. Our modeling predicts different structural, topographic, magmatic, and basin histories for SPR and SZJ, which can be compared against, and help interpret, the geologic record past sites of oceanic closure during collisional orogens. Our results match geologic observations of past collisions in Kamchatka, eastern Russia, and the Banda Arc, eastern Indonesia, and thus our results can help effectively decode the evolutionary history of past arc‐continent collisions. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1944-8007 0094-8276 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/0094-8276; https://doaj.org/toc/1944-8007 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2024GL108761 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/f20b8f3cec6142e789c99dc185e0b001 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.f20b8f3cec6142e789c99dc185e0b001 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 19448007 00948276 |
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| DOI: | 10.1029/2024GL108761 |
| Published in: | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Language: | English |