Iran is a mosaic of continental terranes of Cadomian (520–600 Ma) age, stitched together
along sutures decorated by Paleozoic and Mesozoic ophiolites. Here we present the current …

Based on the marine magnetic anomalies identified in the Argo Abyssal Plain offshore
northwestern Australia, the conceptual continent of Argoland must have rifted off in the Late …

Southern India occupies a central position in the Late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Gondwana
supercontinent assembly. The Proterozoic mosaic of southern India comprises a collage of …

The mechanisms of formation and disruption of supercontinents have been topics of debate.
Based on the Y-shaped topology, we identify two major types of subduction zones on the …

The active Banda arc–continent collision (Banda Orogen) provides many new constraints for
resolving long-standing issues about the formative stages of collision. Some of these issues …

Timor Island, in the Outer Banda Arc, bordering the Timor Sea, preserves the orogenic
product of an arc–continent collision between the Australian Plate and the Banda Arc that …

Continental growth has been episodic, reflecting the episodic nature of mantle dynamics as
well as surface dynamics of the Earth, the net result of which is exhibited by the present …

Indian Ocean crust subducted northwards at the Banda Trench from about 12 to 4 Ma. The
Australian continental margin collided with the Asian fore-arc at about 4 Ma. Gradually the …

The thermal structure of subduction zones controls many important processes such as
metamorphic devolatilization, arc magmatism, and seismicity. However, the thermal state of …

Recent studies report a large Mo isotope variability of up to 1‰(expressed in δ 98/95 Mo
NIST3134) in convergent margin lavas. These isotopic variations have been associated with …