Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

The large Palaeozoic continent of Laurentia was largely in North America, but included parts
of modern Europe. It was independent from late Neoproterozoic times at about 570Ma until it …

We propose a flat-slab subduction model for Mesozoic South China based on both new
sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) U-Pb zircon data and a synthesis of …

Accretionary orogens form at intraoceanic and continental margin convergent plate
boundaries. They include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and back-arc …

Epigenetic gold deposits in metamorphic terranes include those of the Precambrian shields
(approx 23,000-25,000 t Au), particularly the Late Archean greenstone belts and …

Detailed global plate motion models that provide a continuous description of plate
boundaries through time are an effective tool for exploring processes both at and below the …

Abstract During the Early to Middle Palaeozoic, prior to formation of Pangaea, the Canadian
and adjacent New England Appalachians evolved as an accretionary orogen. Episodic …

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are high volume, short duration pulses of intraplate
magmatism consisting mainly of flood basalts and their associated plumbing system, but …

Abstract West and East Ganderia in the northern Appalachians and Caledonides,
respectively, represent a Gondwanan superterrane situated along the Tornquist margin of …

Growing evidence supports that the widely developed Mesozoic folds and magmatism in the
South China Block are attributed to the flat‐slab subduction, followed by slab steepening, of …