Alps vs. Apennines: The paradigm of a tectonically asymmetric Earth

E Carminati, C Doglioni - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Alps and Apennines developed along opposite subductions, which inverted the tethyan
passive continental margins located along the boundaries of Europe, Africa and the Adriatic …

Building an orogen: review of u-pb zircon ages from the calabria–peloritani terrane to constrain the timing of the southern variscan belt

A Fornelli, V Festa, F Micheletti, R Spiess, F Tursi - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The application of zircon dating to the reconstruction of orogenic systems is invaluable since
time constraints of the geological evolution of orogens are crucial for the proposal of …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme metamorphism and metamorphic facies series at convergent plate boundaries: Implications for supercontinent dynamics

YF Zheng, RX Chen - Geosphere, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Crustal metamorphism under extreme pressure-temperature conditions produces
characteristic ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) and ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) mineral …

[PDF][PDF] The Calabria-Peloritani Orogen, a composite terrane in Central Mediterranean; its overall architecture and geodynamic significance for a pre-Alpine scenario …

R Cirrincione, E Fazio, P Fiannacca… - Periodico di …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Calabria-Peloritani Orogen is an arcuate segment of the peri-Mediterranean
orogenic Alpine nappe system that comprises the whole Calabria and the north-eastern …

Orogenic evolution of the northern Calabria− southern Apennines system in the framework of the Alpine chains in the central-western Mediterranean area

S Ciarcia, S Vitale - Geological Society of America …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The northern Calabrian ranges and the southern Apennines are part of a single orogenic
segment of the Alpine chain system framing the central-western Mediterranean Sea. Three …

PT evolution of elusive UHP eclogites from the Luotian dome (North Dabie Zone, China): How far can the thermodynamic modeling lead us?

C Groppo, F Rolfo, YC Liu, LP Deng, AD Wang - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
In those ultrahigh pressure (UHP) terranes that experienced protracted high/ultrahigh
temperature (HT/UHT) exhumation histories, slow exhumation rates and a widespread …

Permian ultrahigh–temperature reworking in the southern Chinese Altai: Evidence from petrology, P–T estimates, zircon and monazite U–Th–Pb geochronology

Z Liu, O Bartoli, L Tong, YG Xu, X Huang - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chinese Altai orogen formed in the Paleozoic is an important part of the Central
Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), and the study on the metamorphism will provide novel and …

A paired metamorphic belt in a subduction‐to‐collision orogen: An example from the South Qilian–North Qaidam orogenic belt, NW China

X Li, M Niu, C Yakymchuk, Q Wu… - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The early Palaeozoic South Qilian–North Qaidam orogenic belt in northwestern
China records a nearly complete history of early‐stage long‐lived oceanic subduction …

The Petilia-Sosti Shear Zone (Calabrian Arc, southern Italy): An onshore-offshore regional active structure

D Civile, M Zecchin, L Tosi, C Da Lio, F Muto… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The integrated interpretation of different types of data, consisting of a detailed Digital Terrain
Model, field structural and morphotectonic observations, high resolution seismic data …

[HTML][HTML] Pervasive calcite veins and cleavage dilation in low-grade metamorphic rocks as a marker of lower Jurassic rift-basin margins: A signature of microbial …

S Fabbi, M Borrelli, G Innamorati, L Aldega… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
We report herein for the first time the occurrence of low-grade metamorphic rocks dilated by
the growth of calcite veins induced by microbial communities inhabiting the cleavage …