Subduction Erosion, Crustal Structure, and an Evolutionary Model of the Northern Yap Subduction Zone: New Observations From the Latest Geophysical Survey

The Yap subduction zone is a distinctive erosive margin with an extremely slow convergence rate. The high relief of the subducting plate, generated by horst and graben structures and seamounts, leads to attenuation of the crust. In this study, we present the latest geophysical data, collected by the Chinese research vessel Kexue , to investigate subduction erosion at the Yap subduction zone and develop subduction models for Yap subduction zone...