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Transient Stripping of Subducting Slabs Controls Periodic Forearc Uplift by Menant, Armel; Angiboust, Samuel; Gerya, Taras; Lacassin, Robin; Simoes, Martine; Grandin, Raphael is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Topography in forearc regions reflects tectonic processes along the subduction interface, from seismic cycle-related transients to long-term competition between accretion and erosion. Yet, no consensus exists about the topography drivers, especially as the contribution of deep accretion remains poorly constrained. Here, we use thermo-mechanical simulations to show that transient slab-top stripping events at the base of the forearc crust control uplift-then-subsidence sequences. This 100s-m-high topographic signal with a Myr-long periodicity, mostly inaccessible to geodetic and geomorphological records, reflects the nature and influx rate of material involved in the accretion process. The protracted succession of stripping events eventually results in the pulsing rise of a large, positive coastal topography. Trench-parallel alternation of forearc highs and depressions along active margins worldwide may reflect temporal snapshots of different stages of these surface oscillations, implying that the 3D shape of topography enables tracking deep accretion and associated plate-interface frictional properties in space and time.

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Author

Menant, Armel; Angiboust, Samuel; Gerya, Taras; Lacassin, Robin; Simoes, Martine; Grandin, Raphael

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; [London]: Nature Publishing Group, 2010-; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.; Research Square (ISSN 2041-1723)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)