Recent ICDP drilling and deep basin volcanic exploration of 3000 m below the surface in the
Songliao Basin (SB) have highlighted the 3-D delineation of the basin. The integrated new …

Many granites result from anatexis of common crustal rock types and the segregation,
aggregation, ascent and emplacement of the resultant magma. What then is the connection …

The strike-slip fault systems in the central Tarim Basin, China, afford an exceptional
opportunity to document the structural characteristics and evolution process of small …

Strike-slip fault systems often contain zones of steep imbricate faults geometrically similar to
imbricate fans and duplexes in dip-slip, thrust and normal, fault systems. They are evident in …

The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant …

Se describen dieciseis fajas de deformación dúctil, reconocidas hasta el momento en las
sierras de Córdoba, atendiendo a su extensión, límites, descripción general de las rocas de …

THE collision of India with Asia1 had a profound influence on late Cretaceous and Cenozoic
oceanography2, climate3, fauna! extinctions4 and the motion of at least some of the Earth's …

One of the remarkable tectonic features of the Earth's crust is the widespread presence of
long, approximately straight and geomorphically prominent strike-slip faults which are a …

Orogeny, the process by which the earth's prominent mountain ranges are constructed, has
been a central topic of interest in the earth sciences since at least the end of the 18th …

Tectonic activity in convergent plate boundaries commonly involves backward migration
(rollback) of narrow subducting slabs and segmentation of subduction zones through slab …