Claudio Faccenna on the Dynamics of Subduction Zones

Subduction zones can be very long-lived, persisting for tens of even hundreds of millions of years. During that time they rarely stay still, but instead retreat, advance, move laterally, or reverse direction. In the podcast, Claudio Faccenna discusses the processes that govern these movements. It turns out that they depend not only on the properties of the subducting slab, but also on the environment, including the proximity of other subduction zones. Faccenna has been studying how convergent margins evolve for over 30 years, concentrating particularly on the Mediterranean region. He is Head of the lithospheric dynamics section at the Helmholtz Center for Geosciences at GFZ in Potsdam in Germany and also a Professor at the Department of Science at Roma Tre University.

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Claudio Faccenna on the Dynamics of Subduction Zones is an episode from Geology Bites By Oliver Strimpel by Oliver Strimpel.

This episode is 00:35:03 long.

This episode was published on Sep 17, 2025.

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