Seamount Subduction and Earthquakes
Seamounts are ubiquitous features of the seafloor that form part of the fabric of oceanic crust. When a seamount enters a subduction zone, it has a major affect on forearc morphology, the uplift history of the island arc, and the structure of the downgoing slab. It is not known, however, what contro...
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| description | Seamounts are ubiquitous features of the seafloor that form part of the fabric of oceanic crust. When a seamount enters a subduction zone, it has a major affect on forearc morphology, the uplift history of the island arc, and the structure of the downgoing slab. It is not known, however, what controls whether a seamount is accreted to the forearc or carried down into the subduction zone and recycled into the deep mantle. Of societal interest is the role seamounts play in geohazards, in particular, the generation of large earthquakes. © 2010 by The Oceanography Society. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:95e3b317-665f-441b-9eab-75916d6778d62022-03-26T23:49:17ZSeamount Subduction and EarthquakesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:95e3b317-665f-441b-9eab-75916d6778d6EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Watts, AKoppers, ARobinson, DSeamounts are ubiquitous features of the seafloor that form part of the fabric of oceanic crust. When a seamount enters a subduction zone, it has a major affect on forearc morphology, the uplift history of the island arc, and the structure of the downgoing slab. It is not known, however, what controls whether a seamount is accreted to the forearc or carried down into the subduction zone and recycled into the deep mantle. Of societal interest is the role seamounts play in geohazards, in particular, the generation of large earthquakes. © 2010 by The Oceanography Society. |
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