Collaborative Research: Tectonically Driven Landform Response to the Mendocino Crustal Conveyor, Northern Coast Ranges, California

在积极俯冲的板块边界上，三联结随汇聚倾角而偏移，很少是正交的。最近的地球动力学模型预测了一个复杂的地壳反应，包括最初的增厚，然后在5海里的时间范围内变薄。这些地球动力学模型的结果具有特定的地貌预测，而来自最近经历过三重连接点的地区的地貌数据应该提供对地球动力学模型的检验。该项目将收集加州北部海岸的地貌数据，门多西诺三重交汇处一直沿着海岸向北迁移。结果可能会提供对地球动力学模型的测试，该模型应该具有广泛的适用性，并增加对北加州门多西诺三重交界处地区的了解。

9902937FurlongIn actively subducting plate boundaries, triple junctions migrate as a function of convergence obliquity, which is seldom orthogonal. Recent geodynamic models predict a complex crustal response to triple junction passage including initial thickening followed by thinning within a 5 m.y. time frame following passage. These geodynamic model results have specific geomorphological predictions, and geomorphological data from a region recently experiencing passage of a triple junction should provide a test of the geodynamic model. This project will gather geomorphological data along the northern California coast where the Mendocino triple junction has been migrating northward along the coast. Results will likely provide a test of the geodynamic model which should have broad applicability and also increase knowledge about the Mendocino triple junction area of northern California.