Tectonics

A critical reappraisal of paleomagnetic evidence for Philippine Sea Plate rotation
The kinematic history of the Philippine Sea Plate (PSP) is crucial for interpreting its geological record related to subduction …
Suzanna van de Lagemaat, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Bas B.G. Zanderink, Maria J.Z. Villareal, John W. Jenson, Mark J. Dekkers, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
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A critical reappraisal of paleomagnetic evidence for Philippine Sea Plate rotation
Do microcontinents nucleate subduction initiation?
Subduction initiation is a pivotal process in plate tectonics. Models of subduction initiation include the collapse of passive margins, …
Mingshuai Zhu, Zhiyong Yan, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Lin Chen, Laicheng Miao, Fuqin Zhang, Shun Li, Shunhu Yang
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Do microcontinents nucleate subduction initiation?
Cretaceous to Miocene NW Pacific Plate Kinematic Constraints: Paleomagnetism and Ar–Ar Geochronology in the Mineoka Ophiolite Mélange (Japan)
The Mineoka Ophiolite Mélange is located at the intersection of the Pacific, Philippine Sea, Eurasian, and North American plates. The …
Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Naoto Hirano, Norihiro Nakamura, Hirochika Sumino, Yuji Yamaguchi, Tatsuki Tsujimori
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Avalonia, get bent! – Paleomagnetism from SW Iberia confirms the Greater Cantabrian Orocline
The amalgamation of Pangea formed the contorted Variscan-Alleghanian orogen, suturing Gondwana and Laurussia during the Carboniferous. …
Bruno Daniel Leite Mendes, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Mark J. Dekkers, Wout Krijgsman
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