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    Subduction initiation events on Earth according to the subduction zone intitiation (SZI) database by Crameri et al.

    Aleutian

    53

     Ma

    Halmahera (East Molucca)

    15

     Ma

    New Hebrides-New Britain

    10

     Ma

    Ryukyu

    6

     Ma

    Tonga-Kermadec

    50

     Ma

    Anatolia

    104

     Ma

    Izu-Bonin-Mariana

    52

     Ma

    Oman

    104

     Ma

    South Sandwich

    34

     Ma

    Cascadia

    48

     Ma

    Lesser Antilles

    49

     Ma

    Philippine

    9

     Ma

    Sunda-Java

    50

     Ma

    Subduction zone initiation (SZI) events

    *Incomplete list of SZI events  that have occurred between

    ~100 Ma and present day, and are included in the SZI database.

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