Abstract West and East Ganderia in the northern Appalachians and Caledonides,
respectively, represent a Gondwanan superterrane situated along the Tornquist margin of …

Abstract The Iapetus Ocean was the first ancient ocean to be identified following the
development of plate tectonics; its history has been fundamental in relating orogenesis and …

New SHRIMP zircon ages for ophiolites, arc/back-arc assemblages and within-plate igneous
rocks constrain the evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Orogen of southwest China. Ophiolites …

Abstract The North Atlantic, extending from the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone to the north
Norway-Greenland-Svalbard margins, is regarded as both a classic case of structural …

A new dataset for the high-pressure to ultrahigh-pressure Western Gneiss Region allows the
definition of distinct structural and petrological domains. Much of the study area is an E …

Extensional structures characterize significant parts of the North Atlantic Caledonides.
Silurian extensional deformation took place, particularly in the heated crust in the southern …

A variety of high Ba–Sr granites and syenites is intruded into the Caledonian terrane of the
Northern Highlands of Scotland. Volumetrically rather small, the plutons display a …

In contrast to continent/continent collision, arc–continent collision generates very short-lived
orogeny because the buoyancy-driven impedance of the subduction of continental …

Continental strike-slip shear zones that may bear important information about the evolution
of convergent tectonics often occur to accommodate plate convergence. When and how …

Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt in Central China is formed by an oblique continental
collision between the North China and South China Blocks. In this review, we summarize the …