Cyclicity in Cordilleran orogenic systems

PG DeCelles, MN Ducea, P Kapp, G Zandt - Nature Geoscience, 2009 - nature.com
Cordilleran orogenic systems, such as the modern Andes, are long belts of deformation and
magmatism that are associated with the subduction of oceanic plates beneath continental …

The AlpArray seismic network: a large-scale European experiment to image the Alpine Orogen

G Hetényi, I Molinari, J Clinton, G Bokelmann… - Surveys in …, 2018 - Springer
The AlpArray programme is a multinational, European consortium to advance our
understanding of orogenesis and its relationship to mantle dynamics, plate reorganizations …

Accretionary orogens through Earth history

PA Cawood, A Kröner, WJ Collins… - Geological Society …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Accretionary orogens form at intraoceanic and continental margin convergent plate
boundaries. They include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and back-arc …

Andean flat-slab subduction through time

VA Ramos, A Folguera - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
The analysis of magmatic distribution, basin formation, tectonic evolution and structural
styles of different segments of the Andes shows that most of the Andes have experienced a …

Geochemical variations in igneous rocks of the Central Andean orocline (13 S to 18 S): Tracing crustal thickening and magma generation through time and space

M Mamani, G Wörner, T Sempere - Bulletin, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Compositional variations of Central Andean subduction-related igneous rocks
reflect the plate-tectonic evolution of this active continental margin through time and space …

Late Mesozoic metallogeny and intracontinental magmatism, southern Great Xing'an Range, northeastern China

H Ouyang, J Mao, Z Zhou, H Su - Gondwana Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Mineral deposits are typically tied to plate margin processes, such as accretion or rifting.
However, some major deposits occur in plate interiors, eg, deposits in the southern Great …

Episodic zircon ages, Hf isotopic composition, and the preservation rate of continental crust

KC Condie, ME Bickford, RC Aster, E Belousova… - …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
U/Pb detrital zircon ages from global modern river sediments define eight peak clusters
centered at 2700, 2500, 2010, 1840, 1600, 1150, 600, and 300 Ma. These clusters extend …

[HTML][HTML] Four billion years of ophiolites reveal secular trends in oceanic crust formation

H Furnes, M De Wit, Y Dilek - Geoscience Frontiers, 2014 - Elsevier
We combine a geological, geochemical and tectonic dataset from 118 ophiolite complexes
of the major global Phanerozoic orogenic belts with similar datasets of ophiolites from 111 …

The Cretaceous world: plate tectonics, palaeogeography and palaeoclimate

CR Scotese, C Vérard, L Burgener… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
The tectonics, geography and climate of the Cretaceous world were very different from the
modern world. At the start of the Cretaceous, the supercontinent of Pangaea had just begun …

End member models for Andean Plateau uplift

JB Barnes, TA Ehlers - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Diverse techniques have been applied over the past decade to quantify the uplift history of
the central Andean Plateau (AP). In this study, opposing models for surface uplift are …