A transdisciplinary and community-driven database to unravel subduction zone initiation

Fabio Crameri; Valentina Magni; Mathew Domeier; Grace E. Shephard; Kiran Chotalia; George Cooper; Caroline M. Eakin; Antoniette Greta Grima; Derya Gürer; Ágnes Király; Elvira Mulyukova; Kalijn Peters; Boris Robert; Marcel Thielmann

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17522-9

A transdisciplinary and community-driven database to unravel subduction zone initiation

Fabio Crameri^*, Valentina Magni, Mathew Domeier, Grace E. Shephard, Kiran Chotalia, George Cooper, Caroline M. Eakin, Antoniette Greta Grima, Derya Gürer, Ágnes Király, Elvira Mulyukova, Kalijn Peters, Boris Robert, Marcel Thielmann

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Subduction zones are pivotal for the recycling of Earth’s outer layer into its interior. However, the conditions under which new subduction zones initiate are enigmatic. Here, we constructed a transdisciplinary database featuring detailed analysis of more than a dozen documented subduction zone initiation events from the last hundred million years. Our initial findings reveal that horizontally forced subduction zone initiation is dominant over the last 100 Ma, and that most initiation events are proximal to pre-existing subduction zones. The SZI Database is expandable to facilitate access to the most current understanding of subduction zone initiation as research progresses, providing a community platform that establishes a common language to sharpen discussion across the Earth Science community.

Original language	English
Article number	3750
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17522-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2020

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Crameri, F., Magni, V., Domeier, M., Shephard, G. E., Chotalia, K., Cooper, G., Eakin, C. M., Grima, A. G., Gürer, D., Király, Á., Mulyukova, E., Peters, K., Robert, B., & Thielmann, M. (2020). A transdisciplinary and community-driven database to unravel subduction zone initiation. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 3750. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17522-9

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