Abstract The Archean craton of West Greenland consists of many fault-bounded Eoarchean
to Neoarchean tectonic terranes (crustal blocks). These tectonic terranes are composed …

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation
structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and …

Opposite shear sense (OSS) is manifested by the presence of conflicting shear sense
indicators in a portion of a rock body, a shear/fault zone or across several parallel shear/fault …

The Taihangshan–Wutaishan area forms part of the central North China Craton and consists
of three main components: the Hengshan and Fuping complexes, containing predominantly …

The most important geological events in the formation and evolution of the North China
Craton concentrate at two stages: 2 600–2 400 Ma and 2 000–1 700 ma (briefly, we call …

The large scale structure of the earth is caused by geodynamic processes which are
explained using energetic, kinematic and dynamic descriptions. While" geodynamic …

Tectonic affinity of tectono-lithological units close to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt is a
key issue for understanding the geodynamics of continental collision. This is particularly so …

In monoclinic shear zones, there are only three ways a layer can be boudinaged, leading to
three kinematic classes of boudinage. These are (1) symmetrically without slip on the inter …

Structural analysis indicates that the Hengshan Complex underwent five distinct episodes of
deformation (D1–D5). The D1 episode formed small isoclinal folds (F1), penetrative axial …

The Aktyuz metamorphic terrane in the Kyrgyz northern Tianshan consists of granitoid
gneisses and migmatites with subordinate paragneisses, greenschists, presumed meta …