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21 Dec 2017
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| 21 Dec 2017
Constraints on the rheology of the lower crust in a strike-slip plate boundary: evidence from the San Quintín xenoliths, Baja California, Mexico
Thomas van der Werf
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Leo Marcel Kriegsman
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Department of Research & Education, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Andreas Kronenberg
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Basil Tikoff
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Martyn R. Drury
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Do arc silicic magmas form by fluid-fluxed melting of older arc crust or fractionation of basaltic magmas? J. Clemens et al.
- Insights into the North Patagonian Massif Lower Crust: Petrology and Microstructure of Granulite Xenoliths N. Muckensturm et al.
- Deformation mechanisms of granulite-facies mafic shear zones from hole U1473A, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge (IODP Expedition 360) R. Taufner et al.
- MYflow - A simple computer program for rheological modelling of mylonites L. Casini et al.
- Conditions during the formation of granitic magmas by crustal melting – Hot or cold; drenched, damp or dry? J. Clemens et al.
- Thickness of an extensional plate-boundary shear zone in the mantle: Implications for tectonic controls on strain localization and transient strain rates V. Chatzaras et al.
- Two Types of Symplectites in a Lower Crust Granulite Xenolith from the Zarnitsa Kimberlite (Yakutia): A Record of Si-Metasomatism and Decompression A. Sapegina et al.
- Migmatite and leucogranite in a continental-scale exhumed strike-slip shear zone: Implications for tectonic evolution and initiation of shearing J. Li et al.
- Interplay between crystal-plasticity, fracturing and dissolution-precipitation creep in lower-crustal ultramylonite from hole U1473A, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge R. Taufner et al.
- Evolution of Microstructural Heterogeneity in the Deep Arc Lithosphere During Delamination B. Gruber et al.
- Constraints on the Emplacement of Martian Nakhlite Igneous Rocks and Their Source Volcano From Advanced Micro‐Petrofabric Analysis S. Griffin et al.
- Melt-assisted deformation in the lower crust of an active plate boundary, Baja California R. Bernard et al.
- Can the Magmatic Conditions of the Martian Nakhlites be Discerned via Investigation of Clinopyroxene and Olivine Intracrystalline Misorientations? S. Griffin et al.
- Progressive fabric development and strain localization in an anastomosing, lower crustal shear zone D. Flores & B. Tikoff
- Low Ionosphere Density Above the Earthquake Epicentre Region of Mw 7.2, El Mayor–Cucapah Earthquake Evident from Dense CORS Data G. Sharma et al.
- Stress variations in space and time within the mantle section of an oceanic transform zone: Evidence for the seismic cycle V. Chatzaras et al.
- Lineament analysis as a seismic precursor: The El Mayor Cucapah earthquake of April 4, 2010 (MW7.2), Baja California, Mexico R. Romero-Andrade et al.
- Rheological evolution of a pseudotachylyte-bearing deep crustal shear zone in the western Canadian shield O. Orlandini & K. Mahan
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Short summary
The strength of Earth's lower crust affects the cycle of earthquakes in tectonic plate boundaries. To understand the mechanical properties of the lower crust beneath northern Baja California, Mexico, we studied rocks, which were transferred to the surface during the eruption of Quaternary volcanoes. The lower crust is strongly deformed, hot, and dry. During transient events of deformation, the lower crust is weak, and its strength is similar to the strength of the upper mantle.
The strength of Earth's lower crust affects the cycle of earthquakes in tectonic plate...
