[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

L Jolivet, C Faccenna, B Huet, L Labrousse… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean–Anatolia region and discuss strain
localisation there over geological times. From Late Eocene to Present, crustal deformation in …

Subduction and slab detachment in the Mediterranean-Carpathian region

MJR Wortel, W Spakman - Science, 2000 - science.org
Seismic tomography models of the three-dimensional upper mantle velocity structure of the
Mediterranean-Carpathian region provide a better understanding of the lithospheric …

Gold deposits in metamorphic belts: overview of current understanding, outstanding problems, future research, and exploration significance

DI Groves, RJ Goldfarb, F Robert… - Economic …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Metamorphic belts are complex regions where accretion or collision has added to, or
thickened, continental crust. Gold-rich deposits can be formed at all stages of orogen …

Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean

L Jolivet, JP Brun - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2010 - Springer
The Aegean region is a concentrate of the main geodynamic processes that shaped the
Mediterranean region: oceanic and continental subduction, mountain building, high …

Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: Response to edges of subduction zones

R Govers, MJR Wortel - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005 - Elsevier
Slab edges are a relatively common feature in plate tectonics. Two prominent examples are
the northern end of the Tonga subduction zone and the southern end of the New Hebrides …

Segmented African lithosphere beneath the Anatolian region inferred from teleseismic P-wave tomography

C Berk Biryol, SL Beck, G Zandt… - Geophysical Journal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Lithospheric deformation throughout Anatolia, a part of the Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt,
is controlled mainly by collision-related tectonic escape of the Anatolian Plate and …

The characteristics, origins, and geodynamic settings of supergiant gold metallogenic provinces

R Kerrich, R Goldfarb, D Groves, S Garwin… - Science in China Series D …, 2000 - Springer
There are six distinct classes of gold deposits, each represented by metallogenic provinces,
having 100's to> 1000 tonne gold production. The deposit classes are:(1) orogenic gold;(2) …

The Hellenic subduction system: high-pressure metamorphism, exhumation, normal faulting, and large-scale extension

U Ring, J Glodny, T Will… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The Cenozoic history of the retreating Hellenic subduction system in the eastern
Mediterranean involves subduction, accretion, arc magmatism, exhumation, normal faulting …

Archean orogenic lode gold deposits

SG Hagemann, KF Cassidy - 2000 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Archean orogenic lode gold deposits are the result of large, complex mineralizing systems
that have developed within many Archean terrains. Mineralizing systems are defined to …