To address the question of the initiation and mechanisms involved in the process of
subduction zone formation, we explored most of the available evidence for the subduction …

During the Cenozoic widespread anorogenic magmatism, unrelated to recent supra-
subduction zone modification of its mantle source, developed within the Mediterranean and …

Phanerozoic orogenic gold mineralization at craton margins is related to the metasomatism
of the lithospheric mantle by crustal material. Slab subduction transfers Au from the crust to …

Abstract The~ 120 Ma Jiaodong province in the North China Craton, composed of abundant
Mesozoic granites that intrude Precambrian metamorphic basement, is bordered by the Sulu …

The western Mediterranean recorded subduction rollback, slab segmentation and
separation. Here we address the questions of what caused Oligocene rollback initiation, and …

We investigated the spatial-temporal distribution and the major, trace, and rare earth
element geochemistry, U-Pb zircon geochronology, and isotope geochemistry of mafic dike …

Archaean–Proterozoic crust, atop a thick (180 km), cold (40 mW/m2), melt-depleted mantle
keel, characterised the North China Craton (NCC) at the end of the Precambrian. Differing …

The E–W trending Atlas System of Maghreb consists of weakly shortened, intra-continental
fold belts associated with plateau areas (“Mesetas”), extending between the south …

Lithospheric thinning and destruction of the North China Craton have been topics of active
discussion throughout the last two decades, but the specific processes associated with …

Extensive middle to late Jurassic felsic and mafic magmatism occurred in the southern
Hunan province, southeast China. SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating, mineral chemical, element …