The theory however, failed to fully explain the formation of the Rocky Mountains , until the "flat subduction" model was developed. ...
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by MA Gutscher - 2000 - Cited by 139 - Related articles - All 9 versions
Of the 10 known flat subduction regions worldwide, eight are linked to present or recent (<6 Ma) occurrences of adakitic magmas. Observations from Chile ...
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by DE James - 2003 - All 2 versions
The transition from normal to flat subduction coincides with cessation of main arc magmatism and extensive crustal deformation in the eastern altiplano and ...
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Flat slab subduction is the dramatic shallowing of the angle of subduction between two tectonic plates. In normal subduction zones the angle of subduction ...
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by N Espurt - 2008 - Cited by 5 - Related articles
flat subduction; oceanic plateau; analog experiments. Index Terms. Tectonophysics: Subduction zone processes; Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: ...
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by MA Gutscher - 1999 - Cited by 36 - Related articles - All 6 versions
Since flat subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath Peru was first recognized in the 1970s and 1980s a satisfactory explanation has eluded researchers. ...
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by ED Humphreys - 2006
Flat subduction compressed the continental interior, creating Laramide uplifts. NE motion of the Colorado Plateau shortened Proterozoic lithosphere in ...
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Showing FLAT SUBDUCTION. The 'subducting slab' (blue/ cold) is simply being " pushed" under the continental margin of Japan by the force of ridge-push. ...
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by JS MARSHALL - 2006
The late Cenozoic tectonics of southern Central America are profoundly impacted by flat subduction of hot-spot thickened oceanic crust of the southern Cocos ...
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20 May 2008 ... Where would we all be without flat subduction? (Well, I might be somewhere in Utah or Colorado?) May 21, 2008 9:53 PM · Tuff Cookie said. ...
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