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Slab Pull Dynamics

Slab Pull Dynamics is a geophysical mechanism within subduction zone tectonics that refers to the dominant driving force in plate motion, wherein the gravitational sinking of a dense oceanic lithospheric slab into the mantle exerts a tensile stress that pulls the trailing plate toward the subduction zone.

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Evolution of retreating subduction boundaries formed during continental collision

L. H. Royden · Tectonics · 1993 · 698 citations

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The tectonic expression slab pull at continental convergent boundaries

L. H. Royden · Tectonics · 1993 · 652 citations

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On the stress dependence of the earthquake <i>b</i> value

Christopher H. Scholz · Geophysical Research Letters · 2015 · 590 citations

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How Mantle Slabs Drive Plate Tectonics

Clinton P. Conrad, Carolina Lithgow‐Bertelloni · Science · 2002 · 484 citations

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The role of slab detachment processes in the opening of the western–central Mediterranean basins: some geological and geophysical evidence

Eugenio Carminati, M. J. R. Wortel, Wim Spakman et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1998 · 355 citations

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Authors

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  1. CF
    Claudio Faccenna

    Roma Tre University, Italy

    12 publications · 929 citations

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  2. CP
    Clinton P. Conrad

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. CL
    Carolina Lithgow‐Bertelloni

    University College London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 953 citations

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  4. RS
    R. Sabadini

    University of Milan, Italy

    6 publications · 523 citations

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  5. TG
    Taras Gerya

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    5 publications · 437 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    35 publications

    4.7K citations

  2. Roma Tre University

    Rome, Italy

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    849 citations

  6. University of Milan

    Milan, Italy

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    723 citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    683 citations

  8. Géosciences Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    934 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 18 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    18 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    14 publications · 971 citations

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  4. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 11 publications · 475 citations

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  5. Tectonics

    11 publications · 2.2K citations

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