The role of subduction in the formation and evolution of continental fragments and microcontinents
Microcontinents are small continental pieces that have been separated from their parent continent. We often find such microcontinents in oceans that form after the breakup of a large continent (e.g. the North Atlantic, forming c. 56 million years ago). Understanding microcontinent formation leads to...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/81317 2023-05-15T17:33:51+02:00 The role of subduction in the formation and evolution of continental fragments and microcontinents van den Broek, Joost Martijn 2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81317 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-84400 en eng Paper 1: van den Broek, J. M., & Gaina, C. (2020). Microcontinents and continental fragments associated with subduction systems. Tectonics, 39, e2020TC006063. DOI:10.1029/2020TC006063. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006063 Paper 2: J. M. van den Broek, V. Magni, A. Kiràly, S. J. H. Buiter and C. Gaina. An analogue modelling approach to investigate overriding plate extension in subduction settings. In preparation. To be published. The paper is not available in DUO awaiting publishing. Paper 3: van den Broek, J. M., Magni, V., Gaina, C., & Buiter, S. J. H. (2020). The formation of continental fragments in subduction settings: The importance of structural inheritance and subduction system dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018370. DOI:10.1029/2019JB018370. The article is included in the thesis. Also available in DUO: http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-79799 https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006063 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-79799 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-84400 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81317 URN:NBN:no-84400 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/81317/1/PhD-Broek-2020.pdf Doctoral thesis Doktoravhandling 2020 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006063 2020-12-02T23:30:34Z Microcontinents are small continental pieces that have been separated from their parent continent. We often find such microcontinents in oceans that form after the breakup of a large continent (e.g. the North Atlantic, forming c. 56 million years ago). Understanding microcontinent formation leads to a better understanding of plate tectonics. This is important because plate tectonics influences numerous other processes such as climate change and natural hazards. However, in recent years various microcontinents have been identified that have formed in subduction settings. Subduction is a convergent process wherein one tectonic plate moves underneath another. However, microcontinents require divergent motion to separate from their parent continent. This thesis resolves this (apparent) paradox of (divergent) microcontinent formation in a (convergent) subduction setting. Geological and geophysical data show that microcontinents in subduction settings form quickly (less than 50 million years) in complex tectonic settings. They are then reincorporated into continents after, at most, 60 million years. Digital and scale models show that pre-existing scars in the parent continent and rotational extensional movements are necessary to create the local divergence that drives microcontinent formation. The results of this doctoral study show that formation of microcontinents in subduction settings may be indicative of rapid changes in plate tectonic processes. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis North Atlantic Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Tectonics 39 8 |
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Microcontinents are small continental pieces that have been separated from their parent continent. We often find such microcontinents in oceans that form after the breakup of a large continent (e.g. the North Atlantic, forming c. 56 million years ago). Understanding microcontinent formation leads to a better understanding of plate tectonics. This is important because plate tectonics influences numerous other processes such as climate change and natural hazards. However, in recent years various microcontinents have been identified that have formed in subduction settings. Subduction is a convergent process wherein one tectonic plate moves underneath another. However, microcontinents require divergent motion to separate from their parent continent. This thesis resolves this (apparent) paradox of (divergent) microcontinent formation in a (convergent) subduction setting. Geological and geophysical data show that microcontinents in subduction settings form quickly (less than 50 million years) in complex tectonic settings. They are then reincorporated into continents after, at most, 60 million years. Digital and scale models show that pre-existing scars in the parent continent and rotational extensional movements are necessary to create the local divergence that drives microcontinent formation. The results of this doctoral study show that formation of microcontinents in subduction settings may be indicative of rapid changes in plate tectonic processes. |
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The role of subduction in the formation and evolution of continental fragments and microcontinents |
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The role of subduction in the formation and evolution of continental fragments and microcontinents |
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Paper 1: van den Broek, J. M., & Gaina, C. (2020). Microcontinents and continental fragments associated with subduction systems. Tectonics, 39, e2020TC006063. DOI:10.1029/2020TC006063. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006063 Paper 2: J. M. van den Broek, V. Magni, A. Kiràly, S. J. H. Buiter and C. Gaina. An analogue modelling approach to investigate overriding plate extension in subduction settings. In preparation. To be published. The paper is not available in DUO awaiting publishing. Paper 3: van den Broek, J. M., Magni, V., Gaina, C., & Buiter, S. J. H. (2020). The formation of continental fragments in subduction settings: The importance of structural inheritance and subduction system dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018370. DOI:10.1029/2019JB018370. The article is included in the thesis. Also available in DUO: http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-79799 https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006063 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-79799 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-84400 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81317 URN:NBN:no-84400 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/81317/1/PhD-Broek-2020.pdf |
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