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===Oblique convergent margins===

===Oblique convergent margins===

[[File:Obconv2.jpeg|500px|thumbnail|right|Block diagram illustrating strain partitioning at an oblique [[Convergent boundary|convergent margin]]. The obliquity of plate convergence (blue arrows) induces stress components that are normal to the margin (yellow arrow) and parallel to the margin (green arrow). Elevated magnitudes of the arc parallel component induces horizontal translation (red arrows) between the wedge and the backstop. Adapted and modified from Platt, 1993.<ref name=Platt93 />]]

[[File:Obconv2.jpeg|500px|thumbnail|right|Block diagram illustrating strain partitioning at an oblique [[Convergent boundary|convergent margin]]. The obliquity of plate convergence (blue arrows) induces stress components that are normal to the margin (yellow arrow) and parallel to the margin (green arrow). Elevated magnitudes of the arc parallel component induces horizontal translation (red arrows) between the wedge and the backstop. Adapted and modified from Platt, 1993.<ref name=Platt93 />]]

Convergent margins where the angle of subduction is oblique will often result in the partitioning of strain into an arc parallel component (accommodated by strike slip faults or shear zones) and an arc normal component (accommodated through [[thrust fault]]s).<ref name=Platt93>Platt, J.P. (1993). "Mechanics of Oblique Convergence". Journal of Geophysical Research 98 (B9): 16,239–16,256.</ref><ref name=McCaffery92>McCaffrey, Robert (1992). "Oblique Plate Convergence, Slip Vectors, and Forearc Deformation". Journal of Geophysical Research 97 (B6): 8905–8915.</ref> This occurs as a response to shear stress exerted at the base of the overriding plate that is not perpendicular to the plate margin.<ref name=Platt93 /><ref name=Platt93 /><ref name=McCaffery92 /><ref name=Styron>{{cite journal|last1=Syron|first1=Richard|last2=Taylor|first2=Michaeal|last3=Murphy|first3=Michael|title=Oblique convergence, arc-parallel extension, and the role of strike-slip faulting in the High Himalaya|journal=Geosphere|date=2011|volume=7|issue=2|pages=582–596|doi=10.1130/GES00606.1}}</ref>

Convergent margins where the angle of subduction is oblique will often result in the partitioning of strain into an arc parallel component (accommodated by strike slip faults or shear zones) and an arc normal component (accommodated through [[thrust fault]]s).<ref name=Platt93>Platt, J.P. (1993). "Mechanics of Oblique Convergence". Journal of Geophysical Research 98 (B9): 16,239–16,256.</ref><ref name=McCaffery92>McCaffrey, Robert (1992). "Oblique Plate Convergence, Slip Vectors, and Forearc Deformation". Journal of Geophysical Research 97 (B6): 8905–8915.</ref> This occurs as a response to shear stress exerted at the base of the overriding plate that is not perpendicular to the plate margin.<ref name=Platt93 /><ref name=Platt93 /><ref name=McCaffery92 /><ref name=Styron>Syron, Richard; Taylor, Michaeal; Murphy, Michael (2011). "Oblique convergence, arc-parallel extension, and the role of strike-slip faulting in the High Himalaya". Geosphere 7 (2): 582–596. doi:10.1130/GES00606.1.</ref>

====Fundamental factors which control strain partitioning within oblique orogens<ref name=Platt93 /><ref name=McCaffery92 />====  

====Fundamental factors which control strain partitioning within oblique orogens<ref name=Platt93 /><ref name=McCaffery92 />====