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SUBMITTER: Crameri F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7385650 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200727 1
Subduction zones are pivotal for the recycling of Earth's outer layer into its interior. However, the conditions under which new subduction zones initiate are enigmatic. Here, we constructed a transdisciplinary database featuring detailed analysis of more than a dozen documented subduction zone initiation events from the last hundred million years. Our initial findings reveal that horizontally forced subduction zone initiation is dominant over the last 100 Ma, and that most initiation events are ...[more]