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Escape tectonics
DOI:10.1016/j.tecto.2025.231029.png)
Abstract
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• Tectonic escape is the movement of lithosphere obliquely away from a collision zone. • Escape has operated in some form throughout geologic history. • Escape is a mechanism for new plate formation from existing ones. • Strike-slip faults bounding escaping blocks are seismically active and hazardous. • The indenter-proximal fault is more seismically active than the distal fault.

