Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-759-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-759-2018
Research article
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14 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 14 Jun 2018

The effect of obliquity on temperature in subduction zones: insights from 3-D numerical modeling

Alexis Plunder, Cédric Thieulot, and Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen

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The thermal state of the Earth's crust determines how it reacts to tectonic forces and to fluid flow responsible for ore formation. We hypothesize that the angle between plate motion and convergent boundaries determines the thermal regime of subduction zones (where a plate goes under another one). Computer models and a geological reconstruction of Turkey were used to validate this hypothesis. This research was done to validate a hypothesis made on the basis of nonquantitative field data.