The plate tectonic history of the Junction Region, which separated the Panthalassa and Tethys realms, is notoriously challenging to reconstruct. The region has been dominated by …
Q Zhai, Y Tang, P Hu, Y Liu, W Wang - Gondwana Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Subduction initiation of oceanic lithosphere is the key scientific problem of the plate tectonics on Earth. When, where, and how an oceanic subduction began remained obscure because …
MA Smit, JC Vrijmoed, EE Scherer… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporation of rare earth elements (REE) in garnet enables garnet chronology (Sm‐Nd, Lu‐ Hf), and imparts a garnet‐stable signature on cogenetic phases, which allows …
Subduction initiation in oceans is key to understanding regional and global plate tectonics and ocean basin dynamics; however, its genetic mechanism is still enigmatic. The most …
Recent advances in geochronological techniques now make it possible to efficiently decipher the timing and duration of geological processes in complex high-grade …