Ridge Subduction: Unraveling the Consequences Linked to a Slab Window Development Beneath South America at the Chile Triple Junction

Abstract The subduction of an active spreading center generates a clear signature in the temporal evolution of subduction zones. It disrupts the typical arc‐type magmatism and intraplate seismicity, enhances the emplacement of backarc plateau lava and profoundly change the tectonics and topographic...

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Main Authors: Jorge Sanhueza, Gonzalo Yáñez, W. Roger Buck, Jaime Araya Vargas, Eugenio Veloso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-09-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC010977