Collisional Processes and Links to Episodic Changes in Subduction Zones

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Research Article| April 01, 2015 Collisional Processes and Links to Episodic Changes in Subduction Zones Jeroen van Hunen; Jeroen van Hunen 1Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Science LabsDurham DH1 3LE, UKE-mail: jeroen.van-hunen@durham.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Meghan S. Miller Meghan S. Miller 2Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA 90089-0740, USAE-mail: msmiller@usc.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Elements (2015) 11 (2): 119–124. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.11.2.119 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Jeroen van Hunen, Meghan S. Miller; Collisional Processes and Links to Episodic Changes in Subduction Zones. Elements 2015;; 11 (2): 119–124. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.11.2.119 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Continental collision is commonly accompanied by a sequence of several plate–mantle interactions, including accretion of buoyant features, pulses of slab rollback, slab break-off, formation of slab windows, and lithosphere delamination. Using the combined insight from seismic and dynamical modelling studies, we illustrate how these processes and their characteristic rates and timescales played an important role in shaping the Mediterranean and how they dominated the closure of the Tethyan oceans. Older collisions, such as the one that formed the Norwegian Caledonites, probably experienced similarly complex plate–mantle interaction, even though direct evidence of the associated mantle dynamics is absent. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.