RESEARCH FOCUS: Understanding continental subduction: A work in progress

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Authors

Mihai N. Ducea · Universitatea Ecologica din Bucuresti

Abstract

A study by [Froitzheim et al. (2016][1], p. 223 in this issue of Geology ) adds new constraints to our rapidly evolving ideas and models regarding the process of continental subduction. Classic plate tectonics concepts suggested that continents do not subduct. Instead, when two continents collide at

Topics & Keywords

earthquake and tectonic studies Geological and Geochemical Analysis High-pressure geophysics and materials

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Geology

Volume 44, Issue 3, pp. 239-240

DOI: 10.1130/focus032016.1

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