Subduction System Response to Ribbon Collision: Implications on the Intra‐Plate Force Balance and the Style of Slab Deformation
Using three-dimensional numerical models, the authors investigate how a buoyant ribbon of thickened oceanic crust colliding with a subduction zone disturbs stress and strain within the subducting slab and the surrounding plates. They find that the angle of collision creates compartmentalised zones of high and low strain rate around a region of strong vorticity, and … Read more…
