It has been hypothesized that much of the crustal deformation attributed to the Laramide orogeny of the southwest North American Cordillera was caused by dynamic effects induced by the flat subduction of a large oceanic plateau that was embedded within the Farallon plate. Previous studies have identified within the North American mantle a seismic velocity anomaly that plausibly represents the r...

Distinguishing between myth and science is subtle, for both seek to understand the things around us. The characteristic style of mythic thinking is to place special emphasis on a selective conjecture, based typically on the initial observation or recognition of a phenomenon, which is thereafter given privileged status over alternate interpretations. Concepts in geoscience are quite commonly myt...

Regional-scale fault systems are important in adjusting intracontinental deformation. Closure of the Paleo-Tethys, Paleo-Pacific subduction, and India-continent-continent collision have all interacted to shape Meso-Cenozoic tectonics South China. The Ziyun-Luodian (ZLF) straddles across Guizhou region southwestern New petrographic structural studies were conducted reveal evolution ZLF regional ...

A thrust-fold belt consisting of a series thrusts and buckling folds developed in the Mesozoic Cenozoic strata within Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin. In this study, structural interpretation model Depression is established proto-basin reconstructed on basis outcrop geology along basin margin, seismic, well-log CEMP data. The called ‘delaminate contractional deformation’, which emphasizes decoupli...