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Pre-collisional extension of microcontinental terranes by a subduction pulley
In: Nature Geoscience. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1752-0894; e-ISSN 1752-0908
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- Gün, E.
- Pysklywec, R.N.
- Gögüs, O.H.
- Topuz, G.
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Terrane accretion is a ubiquitous process of plate tectonics that delivers fragments of subduction-resistant lithosphere into a subduction zone, resulting in events such as ocean plateau docking or continental assembly and orogenesis. The post-collisional extension of continental terranes is a well-documented tectonic process linked with gravitational collapse and/or trench retreat. Here we propose that microcontinental terranes can also undergo a substantial extension before their collision with the upper plate, owing to pull from the trenchward part of the subducting plate. Forward geodynamic numerical experiments demonstrate that this pre-collisional extension can occur over a protracted phase on microcontinents that are drifting towards a subduction zone, which distinguishes the deformation from post-collisional extension on the overriding plate, as is traditionally postulated. The results show that the magnitude of pre-collisional extension is inversely correlated with the size of the microcontinental terrane and imposed convergence velocity. We find that locations along the Tethyan belts, namely, the Sesia zone and Eastern Anatolia, are evidence for this style of pre-collisional extension, as this mechanism reconciles with geothermobarometric data and kinematic analyses. The operation of this subduction pulley reveals that drifting lithospheric plates may undergo substantial tectonic events before the arrival and involvement with regular plate boundary processes. |
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