Browsing by Subject "tectonics"
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Crustal subduction and the exhumation of (ultra)high-pressure terranes: contrasting modes with examples from the Alps and Caledonides
(2013-08-19)The widespread recognition of (ultra)high-pressure ((U)HP) metamorphic rocks in orogens worldwide suggests that subduction and exhumation of crustal rocks from mantle depths are normal processes at convergent plate margins. ... -
The Dynamics of Allochthonous Terranes in the Pangean Suture Zone of Southern Iberia
(2010-12-21)Most researchers contend that the destruction of the Rheic Ocean culminated in the formation of the supercontinent Pangea. However, despite the importance of this ocean, there are major uncertainties in the identification ... -
External controls on Post-Eocene slope-to-deep-water sediment deposition in offshore Tanzania
(2024-04-27)The East African Rift System (EARS), a modern example of a divergent plate boundary in its early stages of development, is a natural laboratory to investigate the interplay between rift tectonics and landscape evolution. ...