Leg 195 Synthesis: Site 1200—Serpentinite Seamounts of the Izu-Bonin/Mariana Convergent Plate Margin (ODP Leg 125 and 195 Drilling Results)

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.B. Fryer ◽  
M.H. Salisbury
Keyword(s):  
Plate Margin ◽  
Convergent Plate Margin

scholarly journals From convergent plate margin to arc–continent collision: Formation of the Kenting Mélange, Southern Taiwan

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 171-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinchang Zhang ◽  
Peter A. Cawood ◽  
Chi-Yue Huang ◽  
Yuejun Wang ◽  
Yi Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plate Margin ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
Convergent Plate Margin

Recognizing episodic lithospheric thinning along a convergent plate margin: The example of the Early Oligocene Alps

2010 ◽  
Vol 103 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 81-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Beltrando ◽  
Gordon S. Lister ◽  
Gideon Rosenbaum ◽  
Simon Richards ◽  
Marnie A. Forster
Keyword(s):  
Lithospheric Thinning ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Plate Margin ◽  
Convergent Plate Margin

Convergent plate margin processes and their rock record

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (5-8) ◽  
pp. v-ix ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wakabayashi ◽  
Tatsuki Tsujimori ◽  
Yujiro Ogawa ◽  
John Shervais
Keyword(s):  
Plate Margin ◽  
Rock Record ◽  
Convergent Plate Margin

The Geodynamic Evolution of Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-36
Author(s):  
Robert J. Stern ◽  
Hadi Shafaii Moghadam ◽  
Mortaza Pirouz ◽  
Walter Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Subduction Zone ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Accretionary Prism ◽  
Arabian Plate ◽  
Earthquake Hazards ◽  
Northern Margin ◽  
Magmatic Arc ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Plate Margin ◽  
Convergent Plate Margin

Iran is a remarkable geoscientific laboratory where the full range of processes that form and modify the continental crust can be studied. Iran's crustal nucleus formed as a magmatic arc above an S-dipping subduction zone on the northern margin of Gondwana 600–500 Ma. This nucleus rifted and drifted north to be accreted to SW Eurasia ∼250 Ma. A new, N-dipping subduction zone formed ∼100 Ma along ∼3,000 km of the SW Eurasian margin, including Iran's southern flank; this is when most of Iran's many ophiolites formed. Iran evolved as an extensional continental arc in Paleogene time (66–23 Ma) and began colliding with Arabia ∼25 Ma. Today, Iran is an example of a convergent plate margin in the early stages of continent-continent collision, with a waning magmatic arc behind (north of) a large and growing accretionary prism, the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt. Iran's crustal evolution resulted in both significant economic resources and earthquake hazards. ▪  Iran is a natural laboratory for studying how convergent plate margins form, evolve, and behave during the early stages of continental collision. ▪  Iran formed in the past 600 million years, originating on the northern flank of Gondwana, rifting away, and accreting to SW Eurasia. ▪  Iran is actively deforming as a result of collision with the Arabian plate, but earthquakes do not outline the position of the subducting slab. ▪  The Cenozoic evolution of Iran preserves the main elements of a convergent plate margin, including foredeep (trench), accretionary prism, and magmatic arc.

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