To address the question of the initiation and mechanisms involved in the process of
subduction zone formation, we explored most of the available evidence for the subduction …

A Cenozoic tectonic reconstruction is presented for the Southwest Pacific region located
east of Australia. The reconstruction is constrained by large geological and geophysical …

Lithology describes the geochemical, mineralogical, and physical properties of rocks. It
plays a key role in many processes at the Earth surface, especially the fluxes of matter to …

A plate tectonic model for the Cenozoic development of the region of SE Asia and the SW
Pacific is presented and its implications are discussed. The model is accompanied by …

Accretionary orogens form at intraoceanic and continental margin convergent plate
boundaries. They include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and back-arc …

The sinking of lithosphere at subduction zones couples Earth's exterior with its interior,
spawns continental crust and powers a tectonic regime that is unique to our planet. In spite …

The concept of 'Gondwana', an ancient Southern Hemisphere supercontinent, is firmly
established in geological and biogeographical models of Earth history. The term Gondwana …

The Eastern Mediterranean region exhibits a fascinating diversity of ophiolites and related
oceanic magmatic units of mainly Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous age. Comparisons with …

The Qilian Shan, located in the northern Tibetan Plateau of NW China, has an excellent
record of early to middle Paleozoic subduction–accretion that resulted from convergence …

The Pacific Ocean evolved from the Panthalassic Ocean that was first formed ca 750 Ma with
the rifting apart of Rodinia. By 160 Ma, the first ocean floor ascribed to the current Pacific …