Abstract The Cenozoic unconformity above the Late Cretaceous carbonates within Maverick Basin is a unique feature of Texas (USA). Hypotheses accounting for include (1) sediment bypass, and (2) ~6400 m erosion during Laramide orogeny. Both hypotheses have different implications burial history Eagle Ford Group (EFG) our understanding We generated clumped isotope data organic maturation proxies fr...

We present the first evidence for sedimentation and new penetrative deformation metamorphism in central Colorado Front Range associated with ∼ 1.48–1.35 Ga Picuris orogeny. This orogeny has recently been recognized New Mexico, Arizona southern may be part of a larger active accretionary margin that includes 1.51–1.46 Pinware Baraboo events, eastern Canada US respectively, preceded amalgamation ...

Teleseismic tomography across the Chinese Tien Shan shows that seismic wave speeds in the lithosphere beneath central Tien Shan are high and therefore the lithosphere is not weaker than that beneath the adjacent undeformed Tarim and Junggar basins. There is evidence for significant velocity contrasts within the lithosphere that are presumably inherited from the Palaeozoic collision history. The...

The geometric and kinematic evolution of the Andes provides insight onto the nature of the force balance beneath the South American plate. While the Andean load is opposed on its western edge by the force induced by subduction of the Nazca plate, its more elusive eastern counterpart, which we explore herein, requires some contribution from the mantle beneath the South Atlantic. Using a mantle f...

Plants have a long history and diverse species. They play critical role in the ecological chain, human production life. With vast territory, China has rich plant species complex geographical regions, research on distribution of diversity is significant for utilising, developing, protecting biological resources. This study aimed to China. It obtained data China, then analysed it via spectral clu...

Literature reports upper Cretaceous to Middle Eocene flysch/wildflysch deposits from Mexico, Guatemala, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Granada, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Early papers recording their widespread distribution and noting their tectonic implications are often overlooked by popular palaeogeographic and plate tectonic reconstructions of the Caribbean area...