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Subduction Zone Geodynamics

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Serge Lallemand

    1. Laboratoire Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS/INSU, Montpellier cedex 5, France

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  2. Francesca Funiciello

    1. Dipartimento Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi «Roma TRE», Roma, Italy

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  • Covers most recent developments in subduction zone dynamics

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Subduction is a major process that plays a first-order role in the dynamics of the Earth. The sinking of cold lithosphere into the mantle is thought by many authors to be the most important source of energy for plates driving forces. It also deeply modifies the thermal and  chemical structure of the mantle, producing arc volcanism and is responsible for the release of most of the seismic energy on Earth. There has been considerable achievements done during the past decades regarding the complex interactions between the various processes acting in subduction zones. This volume contains a collection of contributions that were presented in June 2007 in Montpellier (France) during a conference that gave a state of the art panorama and discussed the perspectives about "Subduction Zone Geodynamics". The papers included in this special volume offer a unique multidisciplinary picture of the recent research on subduction zones geodynamics. They are organized into five main topics: 
Subduction zone geodynamics, Seismic tomography and anisotropy, Great subduction zone earthquakes, Seismogenic zone characterization,  Continental and ridge subduction processes.
Each of the 13 papers collected in the present volume is primarily concerned with one of these topics. However, it is important to highlight that papers always treat more than one topic so that all are related lighting on different aspects of the complex and fascinating subduction zones geodynamics.

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  3. Seismic Tomography and Anisotropy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Seismic Anisotropy of Subduction Zone Minerals–Contribution of Hydrous Phases

      • David Mainprice, Benoit Ildefonse
      Pages 63-84

    3. Local Earthquake Tomography in the Southern Tyrrhenian Region of Italy: Geophysical and Petrological Inferences on the Subducting Lithosphere

      • Marco Caló, Catherine Dorbath, Dario Luzio, Silvio G. Rotolo, Giuseppe D'anna
      Pages 85-99

  4. Great Subduction Zone Earthquakes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Effect of Subducting Seafloor Topography on the Rupture Characteristics of Great Subduction Zone Earthquakes

      • S. Das, A. B. Watts
      Pages 103-118

    3. Great Earthquakes in Slow-Subduction, Low-Taper Margins

      • Marc-André Gutscher, Graham K. Westbrook
      Pages 119-133

  5. Seismogenic Zone Characterization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Convergent Margin Structure in High-Quality Geophysical Images and Current Kinematic and Dynamic Models

      • Roland von Huene, Cesar R. Ranero, Dave W. Scholl
      Pages 137-157

    3. Imaging Interseismic Locking at the Nankai Subduction Zone, Southwest Japan

      • Yosuke Aoki, Christopher H. Scholz
      Pages 159-171

  6. Continental and Ridge Subduction Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Exhumation Processes in Oceanic and Continental Subduction Contexts: A Review

      • Stéphane Guillot, Keiko Hattori, Philippe Agard, Stéphane Schwartz, Olivier Vidal
      Pages 175-205

    3. Evolution of Subductions Indicated by Mélanges in Taiwan

      • Chung-Pai Chang, Jacques Angelier, Chi-Yue Huang
      Pages 207-225

    4. Subduction of an Active Spreading Ridge Beneath Southern South America: A Review of the Cenozoic Geological Records from the Andean Foreland, Central Patagonia (46–47°S)

      • Bruno Scalabrino, Yves Lagabrielle, Aude de la Rupelle, Jacques Malavieille, Mireille Polvé, Felipe Espinoza et al.
      Pages 227-246

    5. Configuration of the Colombian Caribbean Margin: Constraints from 2D Seismic Reflection data and Potential Fields Interpretation

      • Adriana Maria Mantilla-Pimiento, Gerhard Jentzsch, Jonas Kley, Carlos Alfonso-Pava
      Pages 247-272

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 273-275
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS/INSU, Montpellier cedex 5, France

    Serge Lallemand

  • Dipartimento Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi «Roma TRE», Roma, Italy

    Francesca Funiciello

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