Subduction and Slab Detachment in the Mediterranean-Carpathian Region
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- 8 December 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 290 (5498) , 1910-1917
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5498.1910
Abstract
Seismic tomography models of the three-dimensional upper mantle velocity structure of the Mediterranean-Carpathian region provide a better understanding of the lithospheric processes governing its geodynamical evolution. Slab detachment, in particular lateral migration of this process along the plate boundary, is a key element in the lithospheric dynamics of the region during the last 20 to 30 million years. It strongly affects arc and trench migration, and causes along-strike variations in vertical motions, stress fields, and magmatism. In a terminal-stage subduction zone, involving collision and suturing, slab detachment is the natural last stage in the gravitational settling of subducted lithosphere.Keywords
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