Asymmetric deformation in the backarc region of the Kuril arc, Northwest Pacific: New insights from analogue modeling

Schellart, Wouter; Jessell, m; Lister, Gordon

Asymmetric deformation in the backarc region of the Kuril arc, Northwest Pacific: New insights from analogue modeling

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2003

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Schellart, Wouter

Jessell, m

Lister, Gordon

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American Geophysical Union

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The Eocene to middle/late Miocene tectonic evolution of the Kuril arc and backarc region has been simulated with analogue experiments. The experiments simulate asymmetric deformation in the overriding plate due to anticlockwise rollback of the subducting

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Keywords: analog model; backarc basin; basin evolution; extensional tectonics; Miocene; shear zone; tectonic evolution; Eurasia; Kuril Islands; Pacific Ocean; Russian Federation; Sakhalin; Sea of Okhotsk Analogue; Backarc basin; Kuril arc; Rollback; Sea of Okhotsk; Subduction

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