Over the last decades, numerous studies have emphasized the role of serpentinites in the
subduction zone geodynamics. Their presence and role in subduction environments are …

The interface between subducting oceanic slabs and the hanging wall is a structurally and
lithologically complex region. Chemically disparate lithologies (sedimentary, mafic and …

This hands-on introduction to numerical geodynamic modelling provides a solid grounding
in the necessary mathematical theory and techniques, including continuum mechanics and …

The subducting oceanic lithosphere may carry a large amount of chemically bound water
into the deep Earth interior, returning water to the mantle, facilitating melting, and hence …

The amount of H2O subducted to postarc depths dictates such disparate factors as the
generation of arc and back‐arc magmas, the rheology of the mantle wedge and slab, and …

Study of metamorphic suites directly representing the deep subduction of altered oceanic
crust and sediments can help elucidate the geochemical evolution of the forearc-to-subarc …

We have extended our previous 2D method [Gerya, TV, Yuen, DA, 2003. Characteristics-
based marker-in-cell method with conservative finite-differences schemes for modeling …

Bending of oceanic plates at subduction zones results in extension and widespread normal
faulting in the upper, brittle part of the slab,. Detailed seismic surveys at trenches reveal that …

Subduction is the major plate driving force, and the strength of the subducting plate controls
many aspects of the thermochemical evolution of Earth. Each subducting plate experiences …

Subduction zones worldwide exhibit remarkable variation in seismic activity over short
distances of about tens of kilometres along their length. The properties of the subducting …