Howard LeeA different kind of breakup story - the upper mantle weeps giant tears of rock when subduction ends 😥 stressing everything around it #platetectonics #subduction #lithosphericdrip 👇 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01201-7
Post-subduction tectonics induced by extension from a lithospheric drip - Nature Geoscience
Post-subduction downwelling of lithosphere—or drips—can lead to extension and crustal thinning, influencing the tectonic evolution of continental crust after subduction termination, according to thermo-mechanical simulations.