The evolving mosaic of tectonic plates across the surface of the Earth sets boundary
conditions for the evolution of biotic and abiotic processes and helps shape the dynamics of …

Dy/Dy* is the measured value of Dy, a representative middle rare earth element (REE),
compared with the value interpolated between La and Yb on a REE plot. It is essentially a …

The Gangdese belt is dominantly composed of igneous rocks that formed during the
northward subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Lhasa terrane and …

The Himalayan orogeny, a result of the collision of India and Eurasia, provides direct
evidence of strain accommodation and large-scale rheological behavior of the continental …

Abstract Subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Oceanic Plate is widely considered to have caused
extensive Mesozoic magmatism, lithospheric deformation and mineralization in East Asia …

The Hercynian Köse composite pluton (KCP) is located in the Eastern Pontides, Turkey, and
consists of two units of high-K calc-alkaline, primarily peraluminous granites:(i) the internal …

Kawah Ijen is a composite volcano located at the easternmost part of Java island in
Indonesia and hosts the largest natural acidic lake in the world. We have gathered all …

Iron is the most important metal for modern industry and Sweden is by far the largest iron-
producer in Europe, yet the genesis of Sweden's main iron-source, the 'Kiruna-type'apatite …

The role of subducted sediments in arc magmatism has been widely documented. However,
identifying the sedimentary provenance (eg, pelagic vs. terrigenous) input in subduction …

This paper presents petrology, mineralogy, zircon U–Pb ages, and whole-rock major, trace
element and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic compositions of four Permian (273–253 Ma) subduction …