Geodetic data support a short-term continental deformation localized in faults bounding
lithospheric blocks. Whether major “faults” observed at the surface affect the lithospheric …

The type of PTt path and availability of fluid (H 2 O-rich metamorphic volatile phase or melt)
are important variables in metamorphism. Collisional orogens are characterized by …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

We present the interpretation of a new set of closely spaced marine magnetic profiles that
complements previous data in the northeastern and southwestern parts of the South China …

The relative importance of thickening and strike-slip extrusion in continental collision is
debated. Ductile shear in the Ailao Shan/Diancang Shan metamorphic belt, along the Red …

The Red River Fault zone (RRF) is the major geological discontinuity that separates South
China from Indochina. Today it corresponds to a great right-lateral fault, following for over …

Page 1 PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY A. NICOLAS Structures of Ophiolites and
Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS Page 2 STRUCTURES …

Exposures of high‐grade, midcrustal rocks within the Red River shear zone (RRSZ), which
separates the Indochina and South China blocks, exhibit clear evidence of left‐lateral …

Presented here are self‐consistent, three‐dimensional simulations of mantle convection,
some of which display an approximation of plate tectonic behavior that is continuous in …

Seismic tomography across the Altyn Tagh fault, at the north edge of the Tibetan Plateau,
reveals a low P-wave velocity anomaly below the fault down to 140 kilometers. This anomaly …