Oligocene to present shallow subduction beneath the southern Puna plateau
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228402
Abstract: Abstract The southern Puna plateau is a conspicuous example of a high-elevation orogenic plateau in a non-collisional setting. This orogenic sector is currently located above an anomalously shallow subduction segment, in which timing and relation… read more here.
Keywords: subduction; southern puna; puna plateau; shallow subduction ... See more keywords
The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California: a review of the best-known archive of shallow subduction on the planet
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DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2016.1230836
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California are an archetypal example of an exhumed shallow subduction complex. ‘The schist’ comprises mainly trench materials underthust beneath continental arc rocks during Late Cretaceous–early Cenozoic collision… read more here.
Keywords: southern california; subduction; shallow subduction; orocopia rand ... See more keywords