Contributors vii Introduction: The Impact of Subduction Dynamics on Mantle Flow, Continental Tectonics, and Seismic Hazard Gabriele Morra, David A. Yuen, Scott D. King, Sang-Mook Lee, and Seth Stein 1 1 Evidence from Caustic Waveform Modeling for Long Slab Thickening above the 660 -km Discontinuity under Northeast Asia: Dynamic Implications Juan Li, Nicola Tosi, Petra Maierova, and David A. Yuen 5 2 The Continental Collision Process Deduced from the Metamorphic Pattern in the Dabie Hongseong and Himalayan Collision Belts Chang Whan Oh 19 3 A New Tectonic Model for the Genesis of Adakitic Arc Magmatism in Cretaceous East Asia Changyeol Lee and In -Chang Ryu 69 4 Incoming Plate Variations along the Northern Manila Trench: Implications for Seafloor Morphology and Seismicity Chuanxu Chen, Shiguo Wu, Jin Qian, Changlei Zhao, and Lingmin Cao 81 5 Source of the Cenozoic Volcanism in Central Asia Gabriele Morra, David A. Yuen, Sang -Mook Lee, and Siqi Zhang 97 6 Influence of Variable Thermal Expansivity and Conductivity on Deep Subduction Nicola Tosi, Petra Maierova, and David A. Yuen 115 7 Slab ]driven Mantle Weakening and Rapid Mantle Flow M. A. Jadamec 135 8 Influence on Earthquake Distributions in Slabs from Bimaterial Shear Heating Byung -Dal So and David A. Yuen 157 9 The Seismology of the Planet Mongo: The 2015 Ionospheric Seismology Review Giovanni Occhipinti 169 10 Why We Need a New Paradigm of Earthquake Occurrence Robert J. Geller, Francesco Mulargia, and Philip B. Stark 183 Index 193