Crustal melting and continent uplift by mafic underplating at convergent boundaries

Abstract The thick crust of the southern Tibetan and central Andean plateaus includes high-conductivity, low-velocity zones ascribed to partial melt. The melt origin and effect on plateau uplift remain speculative, in particular if plateau uplift happens before continental collision. The East Anatol...

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Main Authors: Zhipeng Zhou, Hans Thybo, Irina M. Artemieva, Timothy Kusky, Chi-Chia Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53435-7