The central part of the Fennoscandian Shield in Finland is composed of the Palaeoproterozoic Svecofennian domain and the Archaean Karelian craton with a Palaeoproterozoic allochthonous and autochthonous cover. A cryptic suture separating these areas and another tentative suture dividing the Svecofennian into central and southern parts have been proposed. The chemical composition of sedimentary ...

Ten road cut samples collected from five lithological sections of Lokoja sandstone formation in the Middle Niger basin were investigated using integrated granulometric, petrographic and geochemical analyses. Results of grain size analysis; standard deviation and skewness which ranges from 0.08 to -0.05 and 0.59 to -0.07 respectively suggest very well sorted to moderately well sorted sediments. ...

Recent zircon-based geochronological investigations in the Adirondack Mountains, in the state of New York, demonstrate that 1155 ± 6 Ma massif anorthosite was emplaced during the post-contractional phase (1160–1140 Ma) of the ca. 1200–1140 Ma Shawinigan orogeny. Emplacement of many other anorthosite – mangerite – charnockite – granite (AMCG) suites also correlates with the waning stage of oroge...

Introduction: Dione (1124 km in diameter) is a mid-sized icy moon of Saturn which shows a wide range in tectonic features across its surface revealing an intense geologic history. With the two highly evolved satellites Enceladus und Titan, Dione forms a set of three satellites whose surfaces have been shaped by tectonic activity on a global, not only on regional scale. Tectonic forms on Dione w...

It is arguable that the instinct for survival in animal species has evolved due to the evolutionary elimination of those individuals who did not have enough inclination nor desire to cluster in a team. Thus, the roots of ethical conduct in its many facets in today’s world, may be sought in this very primeval concern for the society that enabled communities, rather than individuals, to survive i...