Is erosion important to the structural and petrological evolution of mountain belts? The nature of active metamorphic massifs colocated with deep gorges in the syntaxes at each end of the Himalayan range, together with the magnitude of erosional fluxes that occur in these regions, leads us to concur with suggestions that erosion plays an integral role in collisional dynamics. At multiple scales...

Introduction: The mapping of lineaments from digital remote sensing data is one of the techniques used in the structural and tectonic characterization of a planet. Lineament mapping on Mars is traditionally made using digital imagery [1,2]. MOLA altimetry data was also used to the visual interpretation and extraction of tectonic features from Mars surface [3]. All these works rely on traditiona...

This study examines the use of the geographic information systems (GIS) in structural geomorphology to build the model of the crust based on fractal analysis of relief. Fractal theory, developed by B. Mandelbrot, used to determination morpho-bloc divisibility of the Earth’s surface. There is the traceable statistically recurring relief structure indicate the appropriate tiered hierarchy of crus...

The author has chosen a very important topic which definitely needs further thorough study. In this manuscript, a simple 2-D model of the passive continental margin is applied to simulate processes in the tectonically active environment of the Russian Arctic Shelves. The developed model considers a single latitudinal cross-section, employs greatly simplified physics assumptions and is eventuall...

This paper aims to study the geochemical characteristics of shale of Disang group of Eocene age. Geochemical study and the data reported indicate that Shales are deposited under the marine condition. Tectonic setting was active continental margin to passive continental margin and sediments were derived from volcanic and/or granitic source area. Study reveals that Source-rating of studied shale ...

Most of geothermal areas are located in seismically active regions. Because of an intensive tectonic regime, discontinuities of their lithosphere play the role of channels for powerful metallogenic heat and mass transfer processes, especially for intrusion of ultra-basic magmas with Fe, Mn etc. into the crust. Proceeding from the presence of substantial low resistivity structures in seismic lit...