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Extension Magnitude and Ratio of Central and South Segments in South Atlantic Margins
AbstractThe better understanding of the initial rifting would complement the knowledge of continental breakup and the oceanic opening process....
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Plate tectonics in the twenty-first century
Plate tectonics was originally established as a kinematic theory of global tectonics, in which the Earth’s rigid outer layer, the lithosphere,...
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Do Supercontinent-Superplume Cycles Control the Growth and Evolution of Continental Crust?
The evolution of continental crust can be directly linked to the first-order supercontinent-superplume cycles. We demonstrate that: (1) a mantle-like...
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Age and Melt Sources of Ultramafic Dykes and Rocks of the Bolshetagninskii Alkaline Carbonatite Massif (Urik-Iya Graben, SW Margin of the Siberian Craton)
AbstractThe age of rocks of the Bolshetagninskii ijolite–syenite–carbonatite massif and ultramafic dykes within the Urik-Iya Graben in the...
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The Tectonic Structure of the Antarctic
Abstract —This article includes a review of the structure and evolution of the Antarctic Earth crust (the Antarctic continent and the Southern Ocean)...
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The Cretaceous of the Cameroon Atlantic Basin (Central Africa): sediment provenance, correlation, paleoenvironment and paleogeographic evolution of the Eastern Proto-Atlantic margin (Central Gondwana)
An integration of geochemistry, mineralogical and palynological data is used to depict the sediment provenance and distribution, the sedimentary...
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Decoupling between Oxygen and Radiogenic Isotopes: Evidence for Generation of Juvenile Continental Crust by Partial Melting of Subducted Oceanic Crust
There is increasing evidence indicating that melts derived from subducted oceanic crust and sediments may have played a key role in building...
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Multistage Formation of Neoarchean Potassic Meta-Granites and Evidence for Crustal Growth on the North Margin of the North China Craton
The North China Craton (NCC) is one of the most complex cratons in the world. It underwent a series of tectonothermal events during the...
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Review and new insights on the significant unconformities related to the strati-structural evolution of NW Sabah within the Dangerous Ground, South China Sea
The NW Sabah Platform and Trough, located within the Dangerous Ground (DG), form the southern conjugate margin of the South China Sea (SCS). Since...
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The Geology of the World Ocean (Arctic and Antarctic): Achievements and New Research
AbstractThe Gramberg All-Russia Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean (FSBI VNIIOkeangeologia) carries out a wide...
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Depositional and provenance records of the Lower Permian sandstones from Sishichang area, northwestern margin of the Tarim Basin, NW China
The Carboniferous-Permian tectonic evolution between the northern margin of the Tarim Basin and the Southern Tianshan Ocean remains a controversial...
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Timing and mechanism of opening the Neo-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from mélanges in the Yarlung Zangbo suture zone
The evolution and final closure of the Neo-Tethys Ocean are one of the most important geological events that have occurred on Earth since the...
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New Ideas about the Structure and Nature of the Crust of the Western Bay of Bengal, Obtained Taking into Account Deep Seismic Sounding Data
AbstractA comprehensive analysis of geological and geophysical data characterizing the structure of the eastern continental margin of India and the...
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South Tethyan passive margin paleoslope orientation inferred from soft-sediment deformation and fault kinematic analysis: a case study from the Cretaceous of Borj Cedria area, Tunisia
The Cretaceous outcrops of Borj Cedria-Bou Kournine area belongs to the NE-trending Atlas system of northern Tunisia. This area exposes sub-meridian...
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Early Neoproterozoic (ca. 850 Ma) Bimodal Volcanic Series in the Talas Range of the North Tianshan: Indications of the Earliest Stages of the Continental Breakup of Rodinia
AbstractThe Early Neoproterozoic (851 ± 4 Ma) age of the bimodal basalt-rhyolite volcanic series, exposed on the southern slope of the Talas Alatau...
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Neoproterozoic Collision Granitoids in the Southwestern Margin of the Siberian Craton: Chemical Composition, U−Pb Age, and Formation Conditions of the Gusyanka Massif
Abstract—The paper provides evidence that collisional magmatism related to the Neoproterozoic (880−860 Ma) orogenic event occurred in the southwest...
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Late Mesoproterozoic to Early Neoproterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the SW Yangtze Block, South China: Evidence from U-Pb Geochronology and Lu-Hf Isotopes of Detrital Zircons from Sedimentary Rocks
In situ zircon U-Pb geochronological and Lu-Hf isotope studies of detrital zircons from Late Mesoproterozoic to Early Neoproterozoic sedimentary...
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The influence of Tethyan evolution on changes of the Earth’s past environment
Understanding changes in Earth’s past can provide valuable insights into prediction of its future. An example is the interactions between the...
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Strelley Pool Formation: Continental Sedimentation Between Paleoarchean LIPs
The predominantly volcanic Warrawoona and Kelly Groups are separated by a regional unconformity overlain by the Strelley Pool Formation, a 20–1000 m...
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Plate tectonics in the Archean: Observations versus interpretations
Plate tectonics theory, established in the 1960s, has been successful in explaining many geological phenomena, processes and events that occurred in...