The K–Ar and Ar–Ar dating techniques occasionally produce anomalously old ages
attributed to excess argon, and such data is often rejected as not offering any insight into the …

Despite extensive research in the last 150 years, the regional tectonic reconstruction of the
Western Alps has remained controversial. The curved orogenic belt consists of several …

Slab breakoff is the buoyancy‐driven detachment of subducted oceanic lithosphere from the
light continental lithosphere that follows it during continental collision. In a recent paper …

The collision zone between the Sino‐Korean and Yangtze cratons in central China is
marked by subduction‐related metamorphic rocks composed of crustal protoliths. These …

The temperature-time significance of 40 Ar/39 Ar muscovite ages is difficult to evaluate
quantitatively because of ambiguities in the choice of an appropriate model diffusion …

Ion microprobe (SHRIMP) data on zircons from various rock types of an ultrahigh-pressure
(UHP) metamorphic whiteschist-type pyrope quartzite lens of the Dora Maira Massif (DMM) …

Opening of the Tyrrhenian Sea is the consequence of the eastward retreat of the Calabria–
Apennines subduction from the Oligocene to the Present. Structural and petrological studies …

This paper presents a study of the ductile and brittle deformation on Naxos and Paros
islands (Cyclades, Greece). Previous maps and studies of the two islands have shown that a …

Geochronological investigations in high-and ultra-high-pressure metamorphic rocks are
problematic since firstly the low temperatures lead to fine grain size and disequilibrium …

The existence of excess Ar in phengites from coesite-bearing ultrahigh-pressure eclogites of
the Dabie Mountains and Su Lu terrain, China, has been confirmed by dating of minerals …