Strain in the lithosphere localizes into tabular zones known as shear zones that grow from
small outcrop-size individual zones to large composite structures. Nucleation is related to …

Abstract The Alpine front's External Crystalline Massifs represent exhumation of mid-crustal
basement during late-stage continent-continent collision. We unravel the geodynamic …

Alpine deformation in the Grimsel granodiorite (Aar massif, Central Alps) at greenschist
facies conditions (6.5±1 kbar for 450° C±25° C) is characterized by the development of a …

Identifying long-lived subduction at the periphery of supercontinents provides insights into
the processes of block assembly and dispersal within the supercontinent cycle. The Yangtze …

This study investigates strain distribution in granitoid rocks formerly in the middle crust in the
Central Aar massif, Switzerland and places the deformation behavior in the tectonic …

The crustal-scale geometry of the European Alps has been explained by a classical
subduction-scenario comprising thrust-and-fold-related compressional wedge tectonics and …

The rheology of crystalline units controls the large‐scale deformation geometry and
dynamics of collisional orogens. Defining a time‐constrained rheological evolution of such …

The unlined Bedretto tunnel crosses large parts of the pre-Triassic basement of the Gotthard
massif (Central Alps), giving the possibility to study late-Variscan plutonic rocks (Rotondo …

Microstructures associated with cataclasites and mylonites in the Red River shear zone in
the Diancang Shan block, Yunnan Province, China show evidence for both reaction …

The Pernambuco shear zone (northeastern Brazil) is a large-scale strike-slip fault that, in its
eastern segment, deforms granitoids at mid-crustal conditions. Initially coarse-grained (> 50 …