The formation of collisional orogens is a prominent feature in convergent plate margins. It is
generally a complex process involving multistage tectonism of compression and extension …

Ophiolites, and discussions on their origin and significance in Earth's history, have been
instrumental in the formulation, testing, and establishment of hypotheses and theories in …

Many aspects of deep-time Earth System models, including mantle convection,
paleoclimatology, paleobiogeography and the deep Earth carbon cycle, require high …

On multimillion-year time scales, Earth has experienced warm ice-free and cold glacial
climates, but it is unknown whether transitions between these background climate states …

Ophiolites are suites of temporally and spatially associated ultramafic, mafic, and felsic rocks
that are interpreted to be remnants of ancient oceanic crust and upper mantle. Ophiolites …

Recent results show that evolution of the huge Central Asian orogenic belt can be explained
in terms of southwest Pacific–style accretion of arcs and microcontinents. A better …

This paper reviews global records of anoxic events of the Middle Devonian–earliest
Mississippian, as well as the possible triggers and controls of these events. These “anoxic …

Abstract Since 2007/2008, seismographs were deployed in many new locations across
much of Antarctica. Using the records from 122 broadband seismic stations, over 10,000 …

Subduction initiation is one of the main unsolved issues in plate tectonics theory with
different proposed mechanisms. In the arc (plateau, terrane)-continent collision models, a …

This is a review of the formation and tectonic evolution of the continental Asia in
Phanerozoic. The continental Asia has formed on the bases of some pre‐Cambrian cratons …