Journal
JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
Volume 120, Issue 2, Pages 193-204Publisher
INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0056-7
Keywords
Slab detachment; subduction zone; Sunda arc; Indo-Australian slab; trench migration
Funding
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi
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Necking, tearing, slab detachment and subsequently slab loss complicate the subduction zone processes and slab architecture. Based on evidences which include patterns of seismicity, seismic tomography and geochemistry of arc volcanoes, we have identified a horizontal slab tear in the subducted Indo-Australian slab beneath the Sunda arc. It strongly reflects on trench migration, and causes along-strike variations in vertical motion and geochemically distinct subduction-related arc magmatism. We also propose a model for the geodynamic evolution of slab detachment.
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