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Remnants of shifting early Cenozoic Pacific lower mantle flow imaged beneath the Philippine Sea Plate
Seismic anisotropy could provide vital information about the evolution and internal convection of the deep Earth interior. Although previous...
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The nature of the Pacific plate as subduction inputs to the northeastern Japan arc and its implication for subduction zone processes
Devastating megathrust earthquakes and slow earthquakes both occur along subducting plate interfaces. These interplate seismic activities are...
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The Rotation of the Pacific Plate Induced by the Ontong Java Large Igneous Province
The eruption of large igneous provinces usually has major geodynamic influences on overriding plates. Seamount chains indicate that the drifting...
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Dynamics of the abrupt change in Pacific Plate motion around 50 million years ago
A drastic change in plate tectonics and mantle convection occurred around 50 Ma as exemplified by the prominent Hawaiian–Emperor Bend. Both an abrupt...
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The Volcanism Occurring during the Initial Phase of Formation of the Northern Subduction Segment in the Pacific Plate (Kamchatka Peninsula, Kumroch Range)
AbstractThe present paper reports a study of rocks in Mts. Baidara and Semkorok, which are situated in the northwestern flank of the Kumroch Range....
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Plate boundary processes of the Caroline Plate
The tectonic evolution of the Caroline Plate during the Oligocene to Early Miocene was mainly controlled by two fulcrums. The west fulcrum at Palau...
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Rifting in the Western Pacific Marginal Seas
AbstractThe structural features of rifting are reviewed during the formation of Cenozoic basins of the Western Pacific marginal seas. The examples of...
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Plate Tectonics Continental Drift and Mountain Building
This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography...
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On Volcanism and Tectonics in the Evolution of the Guyots of the Magellan Seamounts (Pacific Ocean)
AbstractThis report analyzes original geological materials on the Magellan Seamounts in the Pacific Ocean, obtained by the authors on numerous...
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Ferromanganese Crusts of the North Pacific Ocean
The morphology and the mineral and chemical composition (48 elements) of ferromanganese crusts from the northern part of the Emperor Ridge (Detroit,...
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Neogene subduction initiation models in the western Pacific and analysis of subduction zone parameters
The Neogene is an important period for studying the onset of subduction, with numerous subduction zones forming in the western Pacific, including the...
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Coupling between the Cenozoic west Pacific subduction initiation and decreases of atmospheric carbon dioxides
At the beginning of the Cenozoic, the atmospheric CO 2 concentration increased rapidly from ~2000 ppmv at 60 Ma to ~4600 ppmv at 51 Ma, which is 5–10...
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Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis and geodynamic process of Hemler, Vlinder, and Il’ichev seamount lavas in NW Pacific
Oceanic intraplate volcanoes with linear age progressions are usually accepted to be derived from melting of an upwelling mantle plume. Several...
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Lithological structure of western Pacific lithosphere reconstructed from mantle xenoliths in a petit-spot volcano
The lithospheric mantle, formed at the mid-ocean ridge as a residue of crustal production, comprises theoretically depleted peridotite, but more...
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Deconstructing plate tectonic reconstructions
The evolving mosaic of tectonic plates across the surface of the Earth sets boundary conditions for the evolution of biotic and abiotic processes and...
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Incoming plate structure at the Japan Trench subduction zone revealed in densely spaced reflection seismic profiles
The structure of the incoming plate is an important element that is often considered to be related to the occurrence of great earthquakes in...
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East Pekulnei Oceanic Crust Terrane (Northeasternmost Asia, Russia): A Fragment of the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Sliding Plate Boundary between the Paleo-Pacific and Chukotka Microcontinent
Abstract —The West Pekulnei marginal continental arc terrane adjoins the East Pekulnei oceanic crust terrane, the siliceous–volcanic strata of which...
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K-feldspar enrichment in the Pacific pelagic sediments before Miocene
The mineralogy of atmospheric silicate dust controls its interaction with clouds. K-feldspar has a remarkably high ice-nucleating activity, and its...
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Plate convergence in the Indo-Pacific region
The Indo-Pacific convergence region is the best target to solve the two remaining challenges of the plate tectonics theory, i.e., subduction...