This suggests that the deformation of the lithosphere is strongly controlled by interfering vertical and lateral heterogeneities.
First, the elastic response of the lithosphere to loading is included.
This rheological layering raises a series of fundamental questions on the mechanics of the lithosphere.
Derivation of some modern arc magmas by melting of young subducted lithosphere.
As such, it provides a strong conceptual basis for illustrating the linkages between atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
It will be less useful for those working on oceanic lithosphere, hydrocarbon geology or mineralization processes.
Thus, fluids associated with subduction may have been responsible for triggering partial melting of lithosphere already experiencing decompression as a result of extension.
Either of these mechanisms can cause the hot asthenosphere to rise close to the metasomatized lithosphere, initiating melting.
