Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), September 2003.
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/596562019-04-12T11:35:48Z Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be Kelly, Robyn K Peter Clift. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Seismic prospecting Pacific Coast (Central America) Marine sediments Pacific Coast (Central America) Analysis Beryllium Isotopes Analysis Radioisotopes in oceanography Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), September 2003. Includes bibliographical references. The cosmogenic radionuclide ¹⁰Be is a unique tracer of shallow sediment subduction in volcanic arcs. The range in ¹⁰Be enrichment in the Central American Volcanic Arc between Guatemala and Costa Rica is not controlled by variations in ¹⁰Be concentrations in subducting sediment seaward of the Middle America Trench. Sedimentary ¹⁰Be is correlated negatively with ¹⁴³ND/¹⁴⁴Nd, illustrating that ¹⁰Be concentrations varied both between and within cores due to mixing between terrigenous clay and volcanic ash endmember components. This mixing behavior was determined to be a function of grain size controls on ¹⁰Be concentrations. A negative correlation of bulk sedimentary ¹⁰Be concentrations with median grain size and a positive correlation with the proportion of the sediment grains that were <32 [mu]m in diameter demonstrated that high concentrations of ¹⁰Be in fine-grained, terrigenous sediments were diluted by larger grained volcanogenic material. The sharp decrease in ¹⁰Be enrichment in the Central American Volcanic Arc between southeastern Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica correlates with changes in fault structure in the subducting Cocos plate. Offshore of Nicaragua, extensional faults associated with plate bending have throw equal to or greater than the overlying subducting sediment thickness. These faults enable efficient subduction of the entire sediment package by preventing relocation of the d6collement within the downgoing sediments. (cont.) Offshore of Costa Rica, the reduction of fault relief results in basement faults that do not penetrate the overlying sediment. A conceptual model is proposed in which the absence of significant basement roughness allows the d6collement to descend into the subducting sediment column, leading to subsequent underplating and therefore removal of the bulk of the sediment layer that contains ¹⁰Be. Basement fault relief was linearly related to plate curvature and trench depth. The systematic shoaling of the plate from southeastern Nicaragua to northwestern Costa Rica is not explained by changes in plate age for this region. Instead, it is hypothesized that the flexural shape of the plate offshore of southeastern Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica represents a lateral response to a buoyant load caused by the thick crust and elevated thermal regime in the Cocos plate offshore of southeastern Costa Rica. by Robyn K. Kelly. Ph.D. 2010-10-29T18:03:48Z 2010-10-29T18:03:48Z 2003 2003 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59656 55873120 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 2 v. (334 leaves) application/pdf nc----- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Seismic prospecting Pacific Coast (Central America) Marine sediments Pacific Coast (Central America) Analysis Beryllium Isotopes Analysis Radioisotopes in oceanography Kelly, Robyn K Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be |
| title | Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be |
| title_full | Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be |
| title_fullStr | Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be |
| title_short | Subduction dynamics at the middle America trench : new constraints from swath bathymetry, multichannel seismic data, and ¹⁰Be |
| title_sort | subduction dynamics at the middle america trench new constraints from swath bathymetry multichannel seismic data and ¹⁰be |
| topic | Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Seismic prospecting Pacific Coast (Central America) Marine sediments Pacific Coast (Central America) Analysis Beryllium Isotopes Analysis Radioisotopes in oceanography |
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