Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

Mélanges represent a significant component of collisional and accretionary orogenic belts.
We present a comparison of subduction-accretion mélanges of different ages to test how …

The lower plate is the dominant agent in modern convergent margins characterized by
active subduction, as negatively buoyant oceanic lithosphere sinks into the asthenosphere …

The Cordilleran orogen of western Canada and Alaska records tectonic processes than
span over 1.8 billion years, from assembly of the Laurentian cratonic core of Ancestral North …

In this study, we integrate bedrock datasets, observations of subducted slabs in the mantle,
and plate kinematic constraints to constrain models for the India-Asia collision and the …

Geophysical and geological observations document that beneath the submerged forearc,
processes of sediment subduction and subduction erosion move large volumes of material …

We review data and recent research on arc composition, focusing on the relatively complete
arc crustal sections in the Jurassic Talkeetna arc (south central Alaska) and the Cretaceous …

Earth's continental crust today is both created and destroyed by plate tectonic processes, a
balance that is encapsulated by the traditional Chinese concept of yin–yang, whereby …

We here attempt a global scale mass balance of the continental crust during the
Phanerozoic and especially the Cenozoic (65Ma). Continental crust is mostly recycled back …

Abstract Uranium-lead (U-Pb) geochronology studies commonly employ the law of detrital
zircon: A sedimentary rock cannot be older than its youngest zircon. This premise permits …