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Trigger effects in the evolution of geological structures as applied to regional tectonics

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In the course of reconstructing the geodynamic evolution of certain regions and structures, it is pointed out that the formation algorithm, which operates for a long time, abruptly changes unaffected by any obvious factor: a thermal event, collision of lithospheric plates, etc. It is suggested that the sharp change in the geological evolution algorithm is related to accumulation of the energy potential, the relaxation of which is initiated by a trigger mechanism that leads to realization of the stored energy in a new form. Several geodynamic situations, the origin and development of which are related to the trigger mechanism, are considered in the paper: morphostructural subdivision of paleobasins, interaction of deformation and metamorphism, vertical accretion of a granitic-metamorphic layer, and development of horizontal protrusions (plate flows) in the Earth’s lithosphere.

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Leonov, M.G. Trigger effects in the evolution of geological structures as applied to regional tectonics. Geotecton. 47, 439–451 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852113060034

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