Evidence for Subduction Erosion in a Paleosubduction Zone (Sivrihisar, Turkey)

Presenter Information

Maxwell Horton

Abstract

This research tests whether subduction erosion, a process that involves the transfer of material from an upper tectonic plate to a lower tectonic plate, occurred in the Sivrihisar paleosubduction zone by studying the age and composition of high-pressure rocks and minerals and comparing them to the known ages and compositions of the upper and lower plates in this region.

Status

Undergraduate

Department

Earth & Environmental Geosciences

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Campus

Athens

Faculty Mentor

Fornash, Katherine

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS
 

Evidence for Subduction Erosion in a Paleosubduction Zone (Sivrihisar, Turkey)

This research tests whether subduction erosion, a process that involves the transfer of material from an upper tectonic plate to a lower tectonic plate, occurred in the Sivrihisar paleosubduction zone by studying the age and composition of high-pressure rocks and minerals and comparing them to the known ages and compositions of the upper and lower plates in this region.