Subduction-channel model of prism accretion, melange formation, sediment subduction, and subduction erosion at convergent plate margins: 2. Implications and discussion

1988 ◽  
Vol 128 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 501-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Cloos ◽  
Ronald L. Shreve
Keyword(s):  
Channel Model ◽  
Subduction Channel ◽  
Subduction Erosion

scholarly journals Supplemental Material: Crustal material recycling induced by subduction erosion and subduction-channel exhumation: A case study of central Tibet (western China) based on P-T-t paths of the eclogite-bearing Baqing metamorphic complex

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Jin ◽  
Yu-Xiu Zhang ◽  
Kai-Jun Zhang ◽  
et al.
Keyword(s):  
Western China ◽  
Metamorphic Rocks ◽  
Crustal Material ◽  
Metamorphic Complex ◽  
Subduction Channel ◽  
Material Recycling ◽  
Subduction Erosion ◽  
Mineral Compositions ◽  
Central Tibet

Compositional mapping images of one garnet, Triassic paleo-geographic facies of Qiangtang, summarized published Paleozoic and Proterozoic ages in Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya, mineral compositions, and chronology data of the Baqing metamorphic rocks.

Subduction channel vs. orogenic wedge model: numerical simulations, impact of serpentinites and application to the Alps

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo G. Candioti ◽  
Stefan M. Schmalholz ◽  
Thibault Duretz
Keyword(s):  
Channel Model ◽  
Thermal Relaxation ◽  
Passive Margin ◽  
Crustal Material ◽  
Subduction Channel ◽  
Passive Margins ◽  
Coupled Equations ◽  
Orogenic Wedge ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
The Impact

<p>In this study, we use a state-of-the-art 2D numerical algorithm solving the standard thermo-mechanically coupled equations of continuum mechanics for slow flowing viscoelastoplastic material to model the evolution of rifting, thermal relaxation and convergence-to-collision of Alpine-type orogens in three stages. (1) A ca. 360 km wide basin that is floored by exhumed mantle and bounded by two conjugate magma-poor hyper-extended passive margins is generated during a 50 Myrs rifting period. An absolute extension velocity of 1 cm/yr is applied. (2) The passive margin system is thermally equilibrated during a subsequent cooling period of 60 Myrs without significant deformation in the lithosphere (no extension velocity). At this stage, we parameterise a serpentinization front on top of the exhumed mantle by replacing the dry peridotitic mantle by serpentinized mantle in one series of simulations. The thermally equilibrated system is used as a self-consistently generated initial configuration for the subsequent period of convergence lasting for 70 Myrs applying an absolute convergence velocity of 1.5 cm/yr. Values for the duration of deformation periods and for deformation velocities are chosen to allow for comparison between simulation results and petrological data from the Central and Western Alps. Density of all materials is either precomputed for characteristic bulk rock compositions and read in from precomputed thermodynamic look-up tables (Perple_X), or calculated during run time via a linearized equation of state (EOS).</p><p> </p><p>We quantify (1) the impact of a serpentinization front of the exhumed mantle on the subduction dynamics by increasing systematically the strength of the serpentinites, (2) the peak pressure and temperature conditions of subducted crustal material from the passive margins of the overriding and subducting plate by tracking pressure (P)-temperature (T)-time (t)-depth (z) paths of selected particles and (3) the driving forces of the system. Last, (4) the impact of metamorphic phase transitions is investigated by parameterising densification of crustal material. We compare the results of simulations in which density is computed as a simple linearized EOS to results of simulations in which density is a more realistic function of P and T using precomputed thermodynamic look-up tables.</p><p> </p><p>We discuss geometric similarities between the simulation results and 2D geodynamic reconstructions from field data, quantify the P-T-t-z-history of selected particles and compare it to P-T-t data obtained from natural rocks. First results indicate that the strength of the serpentinites controls whether the deformation within the orogenic core is driven by buoyancy forces (subduction channel model) or by far-field tectonic forces (orogenic wedge model). There is a transition from subduction channel to orogenic wedge model from low to intermediate strength of the serpentinites.</p>

Crustal material recycling induced by subduction erosion and subduction-channel exhumation: A case study of central Tibet (western China) based on P-T-t paths of the eclogite-bearing Baqing metamorphic complex

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Jin ◽  
Yu-Xiu Zhang ◽  
Donna L. Whitney ◽  
Kai-Jun Zhang ◽  
Natalie H. Raia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Wedge ◽  
Crustal Material ◽  
Metamorphic Complex ◽  
The South ◽  
Subduction Channel ◽  
Crustal Recycling ◽  
The North ◽  
Subduction Erosion ◽  
Proterozoic Basement ◽  
Central Tibet

Subduction and exhumation processes, interacting with each other, play a key role in crustal recycling. Downgoing oceanic lithosphere constitutes the dominant input at subduction margins, but subduction erosion, the removal of crustal material from the overriding plate, may add additional ingredients and complexity to the subduction factory. Different exhumation models have been proposed to explain how subducted materials are exhumed and therefore contribute to crustal recycling, e.g., exhumation up the subduction channel versus diapiric rise through the mantle wedge that overlies the subducted plate. The recently discovered Baqing eclogite-bearing high-pressure metamorphic complex, central Tibet, China, provides an excellent opportunity to decode the exhumation process, the origin of subduction-related magmatism, and the crustal structure of the North Qiangtang block, in addition to elucidating processes of crustal recycling. Pressure-temperature-time (P-T-t) paths and zircon U-Pb ages and trace-element compositions for Baqing high-pressure rocks were used to evaluate exhumation processes and to determine the geochemical and tectonic affinity of the Baqing metamorphic complex. The Baqing metamorphic complex is mainly composed of eclogite, gneiss, and schist. It is located between two geologically distinct terranes—the South Qiangtang block, which has early Paleozoic basement, and the North Qiangtang block, which has Proterozoic basement. In the schist, zircon cores with steep heavy rare earth element (HREE) slopes and oscillatory zoning yielded inherited ages that are similar to detrital zircon ages for the South Qiangtang block schist; in contrast, zircon rims with flat HREE slopes yielded metamorphic ages of 224 Ma that are similar to the metamorphic ages obtained for the Baqing eclogite. In contrast, zircons from the gneiss yielded an upper-intercept age of 1033 ± 32 Ma (interpreted as the crystallization age) and a lower-intercept metamorphic age of 198 ± 4 Ma. Field relations indicate that gneiss and eclogite/amphibolite were exhumed together, so the ∼20 m.y. gap between the gneiss and the metabasite metamorphism may indicate a long exhumation duration. In the region, Proterozoic ages of ca. 1000 Ma are known only from the North Qiangtang block; we thus propose that the Baqing gneiss originated from North Qiangtang block Proterozoic basement, which, along with North Qiangtang block Triassic arc magmatic rocks and the discrepancies between ancient and current arc-trench distances, results in estimates of ∼20−170 km of Triassic subduction erosion. Results of P-T analyses show that most eclogite, amphibolite, and schist shared a similar clockwise P-T path, different from that of the gneiss, which records a higher geothermal gradient. The clockwise P-T trajectory, long exhumation duration, lack of significant heating during exhumation, and the South Qiangtang block affinity of the schist (host rock of the Baqing eclogite) are consistent with subduction-channel exhumation rather than diapiric rise through the mantle wedge. Geochemical similarities between the North Qiangtang block Triassic subduction-related rocks and the Baqing gneiss may signal the involvement of unexhumed Baqing metamorphic complex in the recycling of the Qiangtang crust.

scholarly journals Supplemental Material: Crustal material recycling induced by subduction erosion and subduction-channel exhumation: A case study of central Tibet (western China) based on P-T-t paths of the eclogite-bearing Baqing metamorphic complex

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Jin ◽  
Yu-Xiu Zhang ◽  
Kai-Jun Zhang ◽  
et al.
Keyword(s):  
Western China ◽  
Metamorphic Rocks ◽  
Crustal Material ◽  
Metamorphic Complex ◽  
Subduction Channel ◽  
Material Recycling ◽  
Subduction Erosion ◽  
Mineral Compositions ◽  
Central Tibet

Compositional mapping images of one garnet, Triassic paleo-geographic facies of Qiangtang, summarized published Paleozoic and Proterozoic ages in Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya, mineral compositions, and chronology data of the Baqing metamorphic rocks.

A Markov-Based Satellite-to-Ground Optical Channel Model and Its Effective Coding Scheme

2012 ◽  
Vol E95-B (1) ◽  
pp. 254-262
Author(s):  
Yoshitoshi YAMASHITA ◽  
Eiji OKAMOTO ◽  
Yasunori IWANAMI ◽  
Yozo SHOJI ◽  
Morio TOYOSHIMA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Channel Model ◽  
Optical Channel ◽  
Coding Scheme
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