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Articles | Volume 16, issue 9
Articles | Volume 16, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-841-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-841-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 9
Research article
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10 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 10 Sep 2025

The influence of accretionary orogenesis on subsequent rift dynamics

Zoltán Erdős, Susanne J. H. Buiter, and Joya L. Tetreault

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We used computer models to study how mountains formed by the collision of tectonic plates can later affect the breakup of these same plates. Our results show that in large, warm mountain belts, new faults form due to the orogen being  weak overall, while in smaller, colder belts, breakup follows old fault zones. Microcontinents that were accreted during collision can create new continental fragments during extension. These findings help explain how past geological events shape continent margins.
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