Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

Discovery of coesite, diamond, and extreme 18O-depletion in eclogites from the Dabie–Sulu
orogen in central-east China has contributed much to our understanding of subduction of …

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation
structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and …

Passive continental margins are geometrically irregular as a consequence of either triple‐
junction evolution or the development of transfer zones in detachment fault systems …

Interaction of deeply subducted continental blocks with the upper mantle peridotite is a likely
process, but it has never been demonstrated. New geochemical and isotope tracer analyses …

Various types of eclogite, including coesite-bearing varieties formed under high-P-high-T
conditions (up to 27 kbar, 700–800° C), and glaucophane schist occur in the Dabie …

The sizes of continental blocks, basaltic oceanic plateaus, and island arcs that would cause
collisional orogenesis when they enter a subduction zone are calculated in an analysis …

New SHRIMP and TIMS zircon ages, 40Ar/39Ar ages, and eclogite locations contribute
significantly to our understanding of the ultrahigh-pressure Dabie Shan.(1) The geographic …

In general, Archean rocks exhibit rather ordinary moderate-P-high-T facies series
metamorphism; neither blueschists nor any record of deep continental subduction and return …

Zircon is the best mineral to record the complex evolution history of ultrahigh-pressure
(UHP) metamorphic rocks as mineralogical and geochemical tracers of UHP metamorphism …