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Deep Mariana Island Arc: Highlights of the Tectonosphere

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Under the International Philippine Sea Geotraverse Project, research has been conducted on a deep geological and geophysical section of the tectonosphere, which includes the lithosphere and the asthenosphere, where the majority of Earth’s tectonic and magmatic processes occur. The present paper focuses on the Mariana region that is home to most such processes. The study attempts to model the deep structure of the Mariana Island Arc along the Philippine Sea Geotraverse.

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This article is written in memory of Dr. Alexander G. Rodnikov (1937–2015), whose life and whose scientific path and professional activity has always been inseparably associated with the Far East.

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All authors contributed to the study conception. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by all authors. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Ludmila Zabarinskaya and the design was done by her. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript; the section on volcanism was prepared by Vladimir Rashidov. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zabarinskaya, L., Rashidov, V. & Sergeyeva, N. Deep Mariana Island Arc: Highlights of the Tectonosphere. Pure Appl. Geophys. 179, 3917–3929 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-022-02960-x

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