The architecture and mechanics of an orogen can be understood in terms of a system of
collages that are characterized by a complex assemblage of multiple components, but the …

Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

The making of Pangea is the result of large-scale amalgamation of continents and micro-
continents, which started at the end of the Neoproterozoic with the formation of Gondwana …

Tectonic reconstructions of Southeast Asia have given rise to numerous controversies that
include the accretionary history of Sundaland and the enigmatic tectonic origin of the proto …

The tectonic evolution of the circum-Arctic, including the northern Pacific, Siberian and North
American margins, since the Jurassic has been punctuated by the opening and closing of …

Northeast (NE) China is located in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) and
evolved from the amalgamation of several microcontinental blocks, which, from west to east …

Because of paleomagnetic inclination error (I error) in sedimentary rocks, we argue that
previous estimates of Triassic and Jurassic paleolatitudes of the North American craton have …

Regional metamorphism occurs in plate boundary zones. Accretionary orogenic systems
form at subduction boundaries in the absence of continent collision, whereas collisional …

The North American Cordilleran Orogen is the result of a two-stage process:(a) Triassic-
Jurassic accretion within Panthalassa forming SAYBIA, a composite ribbon continent, and …

Paired belts of alkalic and calc-alkalic porphyry deposits are genetically linked to early
Mesozoic volcanic arcs preserved as the Quesnel and Stikine terranes in western Canada …