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Volcanism in slab tear faults is larger than in island-arcs and back-arcs

Authors :
Luca Cocchi
Salvatore Passaro
Fabio Caratori Tontini
Guido Ventura
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

The volcanism of subduction settings concentrates in island-arcs and back-arc basins. Here, the authors show that the lithospheric tear faults bounding roll-backing slabs may focus huge volcanism with a volume of the erupted products exceeding that of the island-arcs edifices and back-arcs spreading centres.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.060a3738ad9f42bbaafae7b46aa31d77
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01626-w