The Earth is the only known planet where plate tectonics is active, and different studies have
concluded that plate tectonics commenced at times from the early Hadean to 700 Ma. Many …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits in collisional orogens are new targets for modern
mineral exploration, yet it is unclear why they preferentially occur in some specific tectonic …

Plate tectonics, involving a globally linked system of lateral motion of rigid surface plates, is
a characteristic feature of our planet, but estimates of how long it has been the modus …

The combination of U–Pb and Lu–Hf compositions measured in zircon crystals is a
remarkably powerful isotopic couplet that provides measures on both the timing of mineral …

Abstract The Sanjiang Tethyan Orogen (SJTO) of the eastern Tethyan tectonic belt in China
records a transition from Late Paleozoic Tethys realm to Cenozoic continental collision …

The fact that mineral deposit attributes such as the size frequency of orogenic gold deposits
in specific provinces exhibit power law distributions similar to forest fires, earthquakes, and …

The generation and evolution of Earth's continental crust has played a fundamental role in
the development of the planet. Its formation modified the composition of the mantle …

Tectono-metallogenic systems are geological systems that link geodynamic and tectonic
processes with ore-forming processes. Fundamental geodynamic processes, including …

Over the last decade there have been significant advances in our understanding of the
stratigraphy, magmatism, deformation, metamorphism and timing of mineralisation, in the …