Rapid subduction initiation and magmatism in the Western Pacific driven by internal vertical forces

The magmatic progression produced during the initiation of the Izu-Bonin-Marianas subduction zone took place rapidly over 1 million years, but it has been unclear why. Here, using numerical models, the authors show that subduction initiation was dominated by vertical forces, internal to the system i...

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Main Authors: B. Maunder, J. Prytulak, S. Goes, M. Reagan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ae48921b47f540aa9286b22b45b06771
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