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Weidong SUN, Lipeng ZHANG. Characterization of subduction initiation[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023, 41(1): 72-74

Characterization of subduction initiation

Weidong SUN1,2,3, Lipeng ZHANG1,2,3
1 Center of Deep Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China;
2 Deep-Sea Multidisciplinary Research Center, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China;
3 School of Marine Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Being 100049, China
Abstract:
Compression is required for all kinds of subduction initiations, which may cause either subsidence or uplift, depending on the ages of the oceanic plates. Subduction initiations associated with the old oceanic crust tend to amplify preexisting subsidence by compression, whereas those associated with young oceanic plates may result in uplift.
Key words:    subduction initiation|induced and spontaneous|west Pacific|plate tectonics   
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