Southward expanding plate coupling due to variation in sediment subduction as a cause of Andean growth

Jiashun Hu; Lijun Liu; Michael Gurnis

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27518-8

Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Southward expanding plate coupling due to variation in sediment subduction as a cause of Andean growth

Jiashun Hu,
Lijun Liu,
Michael Gurnis

Affiliations

Jiashun Hu: Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology
Lijun Liu: Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Gurnis: Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27518-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Climate and tectonics control the distribution of trench sediments which in turn exerts a strong influence on tectonics by controlling the coupling strength of plate interface. This process could have caused the southward growth of the Andes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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