Abstract The South China Block is situated in the Eastern Asian margin. Since the
Neoproterozoic, its tectonic evolution was constrained by successive consumption-closure …

The Palaeozoic evolution of land plants revolutionized river geomorphology. However, the
relationships between biotic forcing and channel dynamics are still debated and, as such …

A significant number of new palaeomagnetic poles have become available since the last
time a compilation was made (assembled in 2005, published in 2008) to indicate to us that a …

Security of supply of a number of raw materials is of concern for the European Union;
foremost among these are the rare earth elements (REE), which are used in a range of …

The Qilian Orogen at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is a type suture zone that
recorded a complete history from continental breakup to ocean basin evolution, and to the …

U-Pb geochronologic and Hf isotopic analyses have been conducted on detrital zircons
extracted from 36 samples of Neoproterozoic through Triassic passive margin strata from …

We present a new terrane synthesis for Mongolia that incorporates geological, geochemical
and geochronological data from more than 60 years of Mongolian, Russian and joint …

Global demand for cobalt is increasing rapidly as we transition to a low-carbon economy. In
order to ensure secure and sustainable supplies of this critical metal there is considerable …

One of the greatest strengths of the modern plate tectonics theory is its ability to explain the
origin of virtually all of the present and most ancient mountain belts on Earth. In other words …

High-grade rocks of the Wilmington Complex, northern Delaware and adjacent Maryland
and Pennsylvania, contain morphologically complex zircons that formed through both …