THE CONTROLLING INFLUENCE OF CORE AND MANTLE ON A HABITABLE PLANET: INTEGRATED SUBDUCTION ZONE SYSTEMS

俯冲带是地球系统的主要组成部分。它们是通过一系列因素对宜居地球产生关键影响的；自然灾害(地震、火山及相关的海啸和山体滑坡)、经济资源(矿藏、地热能)、气候(火山向大气的挥发性通量和通过俯冲本身向地球深处的通量)，以及随着时间的推移，大陆地壳本身的产生。尽管俯冲带已被广泛研究，但我们认为，鉴于它们是相互关联的复杂系统，它们需要一种系统、多学科和协调的方法。我们建议制定一项工作计划，以提供这一点，并将整合方法，使我们能够了解俯冲带系统。

Subduction zones are a major component of the Earth system. They are a critical influence on the habitable planet through a plethora of factors; Natural hazards (earthquakes,volcanoes and associated tsunamis and landslides), Economic resources (ore deposits, geothermal energy), climate (volatile fluxes to the atmosphere from volcanoes and fluxes to the deep Earth through subduction itself) and the production, through time, of the continental crust itself. While subduction zones have been studied extensively we argue that, given they are interconnected and complex systems, they demand a systematic, multidisciplinary and coordinated approach. We propose to develop a program of work which will provide this and will integrate approaches to allow us to understand subduction zone systems.