At plate boundaries, where deformation is localized along centimetre-to kilometre-scale
shear zones, the influence of serpentinite on tectonic processes is linked to its unique …

The orogenic belts encircling the present-day Adriatic Sea are the deformed Mesozoic
continental margin of an area known as Adria, the outline of which began to take shape …

Since 1950 geologists have learned more about the origin and lithification of carbonate
sediments than in all the previous years of the history of science. This is true in all the …

Abstract The Tethyan evolution of Turkey may be divided into two main phases, namely a
Palaeo-Tethyan and a Neo-Tethyan, although they partly overlap in time. The Palaeo …

11. Seismic structure section across the subduction system of the Java Trench Sections
through the subduction system of southern Sumatra...... 12. Age determinations of granitic …

Sedimentary rocks contain the most important archive of environmental change through
earth history. They record changing climates, the movement of plates, and the rise and fall of …

Authoritative, accessible, and updated introduction to sedimentary rocks for undergraduate
students Sedimentary Petrology provides readers with a concise account of sedimentary …

Organic carbon-rich sediments are globally developed in pelagic sedimentary sequences of
Aptian-Albian and Cenomanian-Turonian age. They formed in a variety of paleo-bathymetric …

Various types of carbonate platforms are characterized by distinctive profiles, facies, and
evolutionary sequences. Ramps may be homoclinal or distally steepened, and may have …

Pelagic Cretaceous sediments, deposited in a range of palaeotectonic and
palaeogeographic settings, from continents to oceans, are commonly black and bituminous …