Crustal development within a retreating subduction system: The Hellenides

In retreating subduction systems, where the subduction rate is faster than the convergence rate between the upper and lower plates, the processes by which the upper plate crust is constructed have not been well understood. From our studies in the Hellenides, which formed above a retreating slab, we...

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Main Authors: Papanikolaou, D., Pearce, F.D., Burchfiel, B. Clark, Royden, Leigh H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: Geological Society of America 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118319
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1031-3823
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-0026