Subduction dynamics : from mantle flow to mega disasters

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Subduction dynamics : from mantle flow to mega disasters

Gabriele Morra ... [et al.], editors

(Geophysical monograph, 211)

John Wiley & Sons, c2016

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Other editors: David A. Yuen, Scott D. King, Sang-Mook Lee, Seth Stein

"This work is a co-publication between the American Geophysical Union & John Wiley & Sons, Inc."

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Subduction dynamics has been actively studied through seismology, mineral physics, and laboratory and numerical experiments. Understanding the dynamics of the subducting slab is critical to a better understanding of the primary societally relevant natural hazards emerging from our planetary interior, the megathrust earthquakes and consequent tsunamis. Subduction Dynamics is the result of a meeting that was held between August 19 and 22, 2012 on Jeju island, South Korea, where about fifty researchers from East Asia, North America and Europe met. Chapters treat diverse topics ranging from the response of the ionosphere to earthquake and tsunamis, to the origin of mid-continental volcanism thousands kilometers distant from the subduction zone, from the mysterious deep earthquakes triggered in the interior of the descending slabs, to the detailed pattern of accretionary wedges in convergent zones, from the induced mantle flow in the deep mantle, to the nature of the paradigms of earthquake occurrence, showing that all of them ultimately are due to the subduction process. Volume highlights include: Multidisciplinary research involving geology, mineral physics, geophysics and geodynamics Extremely large-scale numerical models with sliate-of-the art high performance computing facilities Overview of exceptional three-dimensional dynamic representation of the evolution of the Earth interiors and of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami dynamics Global risk assessment strategies in predicting natural disasters This volume is a valuable contribution in earth and environmental sciences that will assist with understanding the mechanisms behind plate tectonics and predicting and mitigating future natural hazards like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii Introduction: The Impact of Subduction Dynamics on Mantle Flow, Continental Tectonics, and Seismic Hazard Gabriele Morra, David A. Yuen, Scott D. King, Sang-Mook Lee, and Seth Stein 1 1 Evidence from Caustic Waveform Modeling for Long Slab Thickening above the 660 -km Discontinuity under Northeast Asia: Dynamic Implications Juan Li, Nicola Tosi, Petra Maierova, and David A. Yuen 5 2 The Continental Collision Process Deduced from the Metamorphic Pattern in the Dabie Hongseong and Himalayan Collision Belts Chang Whan Oh 19 3 A New Tectonic Model for the Genesis of Adakitic Arc Magmatism in Cretaceous East Asia Changyeol Lee and In -Chang Ryu 69 4 Incoming Plate Variations along the Northern Manila Trench: Implications for Seafloor Morphology and Seismicity Chuanxu Chen, Shiguo Wu, Jin Qian, Changlei Zhao, and Lingmin Cao 81 5 Source of the Cenozoic Volcanism in Central Asia Gabriele Morra, David A. Yuen, Sang -Mook Lee, and Siqi Zhang 97 6 Influence of Variable Thermal Expansivity and Conductivity on Deep Subduction Nicola Tosi, Petra Maierova, and David A. Yuen 115 7 Slab ]driven Mantle Weakening and Rapid Mantle Flow M. A. Jadamec 135 8 Influence on Earthquake Distributions in Slabs from Bimaterial Shear Heating Byung -Dal So and David A. Yuen 157 9 The Seismology of the Planet Mongo: The 2015 Ionospheric Seismology Review Giovanni Occhipinti 169 10 Why We Need a New Paradigm of Earthquake Occurrence Robert J. Geller, Francesco Mulargia, and Philip B. Stark 183 Index 193

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  • NCID
    BB20274043
  • ISBN
    • 9781118888858
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Hoboken, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 200 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
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