Short-and long-term processes at or close to the subduction plate interface (eg, mineral
transformations, fluid release, seismicity and more generally deformation) might be more …

The Caribbean oceanic crust was formed west of the North and South American continents,
probably from Late Jurassic through Early Cretaceous time. Its subsequent evolution has …

The terms mélange and broken formation have been used in different ways in the literature.
The lack of agreement on their definition often leads to confusion and misinterpretations. An …

Ophiolitic mélange is a significant geological component in ancient convergent plate
margins. Characterization of block and matrix types, their igneous, sedimentary and …

Long‐lived exterior accretionary orogeny shapes tectonothermal evolution of the peripheral
building blocks of supercontinents and leads to considerable crustal growth. However, such …

The paired metamorphic belts in orogenic areas record the dual thermal regimes associated
with subduction. In this study, based on detailed petrographic observations, phase …

Detailed petrological study of mid-oceanic ridge basalt− derived high-pressure amphibolite
blocks from a fragment of the Caribbean subduction channel (La Corea serpentinite-matrix …

New occurrences of jadeitite and jadeite-rich rocks have been discovered in the Rio San
Juan Complex (RSJC) of the northern Dominican Republic in serpentinite mélanges …

Abstract Blueschists in central Inner Mongolia are distributed as layers and blocks in
mélanges including the southern zone in Ondor Sum area and the northern zone in …

Abstract The Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica plus the
Virgin Islands host fragments of the fossil convergent margin that records Cretaceous …