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Continental underplating after slab break-off.

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Published in 2017 at "Earth and Planetary Science Letters"

DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.017

Abstract: Abstract We present three-dimensional numerical models to investigate the dynamics of continental collision, and in particular what happens to the subducted continental lithosphere after oceanic slab break-off. We find that in some scenarios the subducting… read more here.

Keywords: slab break; continental underplating; plate; continental lithosphere ... See more keywords