Igneous and metamorphic petrology examines how Earth’s lithosphere evolves through melt generation, solidification and solid‐state transformation. Igneous petrology addresses the origin of magmas by ...
(a) The Proto-Tethys tectonic domain in western China. (b) The Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain in eastern China. “Sub”, “Col”, “Exh”, and “P-co” denote subduction, collision, exhumation, and ...
The Fennoscandian Shield represents a complex mosaic of Archean and Paleoproterozoic terranes that record successive cycles of rifting, accretion and collisional orogeny. Ancient crustal blocks formed ...