Short-and long-term processes at or close to the subduction plate interface (eg, mineral
transformations, fluid release, seismicity and more generally deformation) might be more …

High-pressure low-temperature (HP–LT) metamorphic rocks provide invaluable constraints
on the evolution of convergent zones. Based on a worldwide compilation of key information …

Metasedimentary rocks generally contain carbonaceous material (CM) deriving from the
evolution of organic matter originally present in the host sedimentary rock. During …

Using the peri-Mediterranean blueschist belts as a case study we discuss the mechanisms
of syn-orogenic exhumation of high-pressure (HP) and ultra-highpressure (UHP) rocks. The …

The graphitization of carbonaceous material (CM) in a high-pressure metamorphic gradient
is characterized along a cross section in the Schistes Lustrés formation, Western Alps. Along …

The Alps are amongst the best subduction archives in the world, with abundant blueschists
and eclogites preserving fragments of mantle, gabbros, thinned continental margin and …

Serpentinites associated with eclogitic rocks were examined from three areas: the Alps,
Cuba, and the Himalayas. Most serpentinites have low Al/Si and high concentrations of Ir …

The Tell-Rif (Tell in Algeria and Tunisia; Rif in Morocco) is the orogenic system fringing to
the south the West Mediterranean basins. This system comprises three major tectonic …

Nitrogen and hydrogen isotopic compositions together with N, K, Rb, Cs and H2O contents
were measured on several high-pressure (HP) to ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metasediments …

Convergent plate boundaries are characterized by the development of crustal orogenic
wedges and orogenic plateaus but also by gravitational collapse of previously thickened …