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RESEARCH FOCUS: Understanding continental subduction: A work in progress

Mihai N. Ducea

Geology · 2016 · 26 citations · 18 references

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A study by [Froitzheim et al. (2016][1], p. 223 in this issue of Geology ) adds new constraints to our rapidly evolving ideas and models regarding the process of continental subduction. Classic plate tectonics concepts suggested that continents do not subduct. Instead, when two continents collide at

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