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I plan to expand this stub as part of a 400 level marine geology and geophysics class. I feel this article would benefit from information about the formation and movement of the Nazca Ridge, how the subduction of the ridge influences localized flat plate subduction of the Nazca Plate, and the terrestrial geomorphic responses to the ridge subducting. These responses include the formation of the Fitzcarrald Arch, and increased sedimentation rates as a response to uplift. ErraticGeologist (talk) 14:19, 10 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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The Fitzcarrald Arch covers 400,000 km2.[1]

The Nazca Ridge crust is 18 ±3 km thick. [2]

The Nazca Ridge and plate are subducting into the Peru-Chile Trench.[3]

The Nazca Ridge began forming from the Cretaceous to the Tertiary. The remaining unsubducted portion is Tertiary in age.[4]

The Nazca Plate subducts at a 30o angle to a depth of 100-120 km, then flattens out and continues to subduct horizontally to a distance 700 km inland.[5]

Oceanic crust can remain buoyant for up to 40 Ma.[6]

The Nazca is an aseismic ridge.[7]

The exposed Nazca Ridge is 200 km wide, >1000 km long, and up to 1.5 km high. 900 km of ridge have subducted already.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ Regard, V.; Lagnous, R.; Espurt, N.; Darrozes, J.; Baby, P.; Roddaz, M.; Calderon, Y.; Hermoza, W. (2009). "Geomorphic evidence fro recent uplift of the Fitzcarrald Arch (Peru): A response to the Nazca Ridge subduction". Geomorphology. 107: 107–117. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.003.
  2. ^ Espurt, N.; Baby, P.; Brusset, S.; Roddaz, M.; Hermoza, W.; Barbarand, J. (2010). Hoorn, C.; Wesselingh, F.P. (eds.). The Nazca Ridge and uplift of the Fitzcarrald Arch: implications for regional geology in northern South America. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. pp. 89–100. ISBN 9781405181136.
  3. ^ Ray, J.S.; Mahoney, J.J.; Duncan, R.A.; Ray, J.; Wessel, P.; Naar, D.F. (2012). "Chronology and Geochemistry of Lavas from the Nazca Ridge and Easter Seamount Chain: an ~30 Myr Hotspot Record". Journal of Petrology. 53 (7): 1417–1448. doi:10.1093/petrology/egs021.
  4. ^ Hampel, A.; Kukowski, N.; Bialas, J.; Huebscher, C.; Heinbockel, R. (2004). "Ridge subduction in an erosive margin: The collision zone of the Nazca Ridge in southern Peru". Journal of Geophysical Research. 109. doi:10.1029/2003/JB002593.
  5. ^ Espurt, N.; Baby, P.; Brusset, S.; Roddaz, M.; Hermoza, W.; Regard, V.; Antoine, P.-O.; Salas-Gismondi, R.; Bolanos, R. (2007). "How does the Nazca Ridge subduction influence the modern Amazonian foreland basin?". Geology. 35 (6): 515–518. doi:10.1130/G23237A.1.
  6. ^ van Hunen, J.; van der Berg, A.P.; Vlaar, N.J. (2002). "The impact of the South-American Plate motion and the Nazca Ridge subduction on the flat subduction below south Peru". Geophysical Research Letters. 29 (14). doi:10.1029/2001/GL014004.
  7. ^ Kim, YoungHee; Clayton, Robert W. (2015). "Seismic properties of the Nazca oceanic crust in southern Peruvian subduction system". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 429: 110–121.
  8. ^ Hampel, Andrea (2002). "The migration history of the Nazca Ridge along the Peruvian active margin: a re-evaluation". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 203: 665–679. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

Gathering my thoughts and building my references. I'm open to any suggestions people might have as to my reference list.ErraticGeologist (talk) 15:16, 10 April 2018 (UTC)Reply