Chemical geodynamics is an integrated discipline that studies the geochemical structure
and tectonic evolution of geospheres with the aim of linking tectonic processes to …

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 …

High-P/T metamorphic belts were classified into types A and B according to their protoliths.
The A-type (collision-type) blueschists possess passive-margin protoliths characterized by …

A 1: 5000 scale mapping was performed in the Isukasia area of the ca. 3.8-Ga Isua
supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland. The mapped area is divided into three units …

Abstract On 6 September 2018, a Mj 6.7 (Mw 6.6) earthquake with a focal depth of
approximately 37 km and maximum seismic intensity of 7.0 on the Japan Meteorological …

Back-arc extension has been well documented in subduction plate tectonic regimes.
However, the reasons why back-arc extensions are associated with some subduction …

The modern plate tectonics regime is characterized by a duality of thermal environments,
one representing the subduction zone and the other representing the arc–backarc or …

Previous plate reconstruction in the Paleo-Pacific domain indicates that the Izanagi and
Pacific plates influenced the NE Asian continental margin during the Mesozoic and …

We developed a three‐step method for three‐dimensional (3‐D) S wave velocity
tomography by fitting synthetic cross spectra to the observed ones of ambient seismic noise …

Abstract The Eocene (~ 50–45 Ma) major absolute plate motion change of the Pacific plate
forming the Hawaii‐Emperor bend is thought to result from inception of Pacific plate …