Continental China is a mosaic of numerous tectonic blocks, which amalgamated from
Neoarchean to Cenozoic broadly coeval with the cycles of global supercontinents such as …

The configuration and kinematics of continental deformation and its marginal plate tectonics
on the Earth's surface are intrinsic manifestations of plate-mantle coupling. The complex …

Alps and Apennines developed along opposite subductions, which inverted the tethyan
passive continental margins located along the boundaries of Europe, Africa and the Adriatic …

The kinematics of subduction zones shows a variety of settings that can provide clues for
dynamic understandings. Two reference frames are used here to describe the simple 2D …

By selecting a limited number of variables (westward vs. eastward subduction polarity;
oceanic vs. continental origin of downgoing and overriding plates), we identify eight end …

Back-arc basins and the related subduction systems have been extensively studied,
however back-arc basins exhibiting episodic jumps of extension centers by the subduction …

How deep mantle processes affected plate interactions and the dynamics of deformation on
both sides of the Paleo-Pacific has been a first order scientific challenge. The ubiquitous …

Convergent plate boundaries are characterized by the development of crustal orogenic
wedges and orogenic plateaus but also by gravitational collapse of previously thickened …

We present the velocity field of the Italian area derived from continuous GPS observations
from 2003 to 2007. The GPS sites were installed by different institutions and for different …

Laboratory models have been conducted to improve our understanding of the role that the
resistance of the slab to bending and its coupling to the ambient mantle play in subduction …