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DOI | 10.1038/s41561-018-0066-z |
Puzzling features of western Mediterranean tectonics explained by slab dragging | |
Spakman, Wim1,2; Chertova, Maria V.1; van den Berg, Arie1; van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J.1 | |
2018-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE GEOSCIENCE
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ISSN | 1752-0894 |
EISSN | 1752-0908 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 11期号:3页码:211-+ |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Netherlands; Norway |
英文摘要 | The recent tectonic evolution of the western Mediterranean region is enigmatic. The causes for the closure of the Moroccan marine gateway prior to the Messinian salinity crisis, for the ongoing shortening of the Moroccan Rif and for the origin of the seismogenic Trans-Alboran shear zone and eastern Betics extension are unclear. These puzzling tectonic features cannot be fully explained by subduction of the east-dipping Gibraltar slab in the context of the regional relative plate motion frame. Here we use a combination of geological and geodetic data, as well as three-dimensional numerical modelling of subduction, to show that these unusual tectonic features could be the consequence of slab dragging-the north to north-eastward dragging of the Gibraltar slab by the absolute motion of the African Plate. Comparison of our model results to patterns of deformation in the western Mediterranean constrained by geological and geodetic data confirm that slab dragging provides a plausible mechanism for the observed deformation. Our results imply that the impact of absolute plate motion on subduction is identifiable from crustal observations. Identifying such signatures elsewhere may improve the mantle reference frame and provide insights on subduction evolution and associated crustal deformation. |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000426311500015 |
WOS关键词 | AFRICA-IBERIA PLATE ; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION ; SURFACE DEFORMATION ; ACTIVE TECTONICS ; SUBDUCTION ; MANTLE ; BENEATH ; RIF ; BOUNDARY ; ARC |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/34704 |
专题 | 地球科学 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Utrecht, Dept Earth Sci, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2.Univ Oslo, CEED, Oslo, Norway |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Spakman, Wim,Chertova, Maria V.,van den Berg, Arie,et al. Puzzling features of western Mediterranean tectonics explained by slab dragging[J]. NATURE GEOSCIENCE,2018,11(3):211-+. |
APA | Spakman, Wim,Chertova, Maria V.,van den Berg, Arie,&van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J..(2018).Puzzling features of western Mediterranean tectonics explained by slab dragging.NATURE GEOSCIENCE,11(3),211-+. |
MLA | Spakman, Wim,et al."Puzzling features of western Mediterranean tectonics explained by slab dragging".NATURE GEOSCIENCE 11.3(2018):211-+. |
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