The extension of the lithosphere, controlling the development of rifted basins, is driven by a
combination of plate-boundary forces, frictional forces exerted on the base of the lithosphere …

Compressional intracontinental orogens are major zones of crustal thickening produced at
large distances from active plate boundaries. Consequently, any account of their initiation …

The early Alpine tectonic evolution of the Western Carpathian orogenic system is
differentiated into four main periods:(i) Middle‐Late Triassic rifting and spreading of the …

Supercontinents episodically assemble and break up, in association with the closure and
opening of ocean basins. During these cycles, continental margins are repeatedly …

Lithophile Affinity for silicates Chalcophile Affinity for sulfur Siderophile Affinity for metals
BSE Bulk Silicate Earth refers to primitive silicate material in the Earth from which the core is …

Low-angle normal faults accommodate a large part of continental post-orogenic extension.
Besides the intrinsic rheological characteristics of the continental crust that may lead to the …

Geodetic data support a short-term continental deformation localized in faults bounding
lithospheric blocks. Whether major “faults” observed at the surface affect the lithospheric …

The origin of forces driving the deformation of the continental crust near subduction zones
and especially in backarc regions is debated. This work is based on a compilation of SKS …

On the basis of 723 heat flow measurements in China mainland and over 1500 data
adopted from the global heat flow data set (cf.[Rev. Geophys. 31 (1993) 267]), we compiled …

Abstract The Neoproterozoic-Cambrian (Brasiliano) intracontinental Patos-Pernambuco
shear system is developed in Archean to Neoproterozoic crust, reactivating rift margins N of …