Metamorphic rocks stand as testaments to the Earth's powerful internal forces. Their analysis begins with careful observation and documentation, transitioning into the application of geological ...

Valuable information is retrieved from the integrated investigation of the field relationships, microstructure and mineral compositions of harzburgites from the Neoproterozoic Cerro Mantiqueiras ...

ABSTRACT: JC Pura schist belt has gained scope recently with reports of nickel, magnetite, PGEs, and traces of gold. The layered sill in the schist belt is a linear patch of ultramafic sequences ...

Instituto de Geociências, USP, São Paulo, SP. Presented by ANTONIO C. ROCHA-CAMPOS The Nappe system in south-southwest São Francisco Craton represents the southern extension of the Brazilian belt and ...

This synthesis study is led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China. It focuses on the thermal and tectonic evolution of regional metamorphism at convergent ...

(a) The Proto-Tethys tectonic domain in western China. (b) The Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain in eastern China. “Sub”, “Col”, “Exh”, and “P-co” denote subduction, collision, exhumation, and ...

Earth’s surface is divided into tectonic plates, and the ones that make up the ocean floor are destined to sink. Sheets of oceanic crust typically bend and sink down into Earth’s interior at so-called ...

Over the eons, the interminable shifting of Earth’s landmasses has dramatically altered the appearance of our planet’s surface. The existence of ancient supercontinents such as Gondwana and Rodinia ...

When modern-style plate tectonics commenced on Earth remains one of fundamental questions in unravelling the evolution of our planet, due to the apparent lack of low-thermal gradients in old ...

A study led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China focused on the development of tectonic processes along convergent plate margins through inspection of recent ...