Porous fluid flow enables oceanic subduction initiation on Earth

A free plate surface and weak oceanic crust produce single-sided subduction on Earth

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Porosity-driven convection and asymmetry beneath mid-ocean ridges

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Thermal-mechanical behavior of oceanic transform faults: Implications for the spatial distribution of seismicity

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The Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Flow: From Local to Global Scales

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Three-dimensional dynamics of hydrous thermal-chemical plumes in oceanic subduction zones

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Regional exhumation history of brittle crust during subduction initiation, Fiordland, southwest New Zealand, and implications for thermochronologic sampling and analysis strategies

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Along- and across-axis variations in crustal thickness and structure at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 5°S obtained from wide-angle seismic tomography: Implications for ridge segmentation

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Deep slab hydration induced by bending-related variations in tectonic pressure

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Numerical modelling of crustal growth in intraoceanic volcanic arcs

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A benchmark comparison of spontaneous subduction models—Towards a free surface

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Why is terrestrial subduction one-sided?

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