Floristic patterns of seed plants in Yunnan, southwestern China, were studied to assess the relationship between the floristic geography and geological history. A database of 38 regional floristic studies covering Yunnan was used and the patterns of seed plant distributions across these regional floras were quantified at the generic level. Genera with tropical Asian distributions are the most d...

Arc continent collision is one of the most fundamental tectonic processes for the formation of new land, and the preservation on land of fragments of oceanic lithosphere (ophiolites). However, the tectonic evolution of arc continent collision is commonly over-simplified in everything from introductory textbooks to complex tectonic models. Major unresolved issues include the response of the fore...

The oblique collision between the northeastern margin of Arabian platform and Iranian microcontinent has led to transpressional deformation in Zagros orogenic belt central part Alpine–Himalayan belt. Although previous articles have emphasized dextral sense shear belt, this paper, using several indicators kinematic upon field checking microscopic thin-section studies, evidence development a sini...

0019-1035/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.023 * Address: Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lo USA. Fax: +1 520 795 3697. E-mail address: [email protected]. Barchan dune asymmetry refers to the extension of one barchan limb downwind. It is a common dune form on Earth and also occurs on Mars and Titan. A new classification of barchan limbs is presented wh...

The numerical studies of the interplanetary coupling between multiple magnetic clouds (MCs) are continued by a 2.5-dimensional ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model in the heliospheric meridional plane. The interplanetary direct collision (DC) / oblique collision (OC) between both MCs results from their same/different initial propagation orientations. Here the OC is explored in contrast to the ...

The southern part of the West African Craton includes Baoulé-Mossi Domain, world’s premier Paleoproterozoic gold province (~10,000 metric ton endowment). Structural, metamorphic, and geochronological data suggest mineralisation occurred during three episodes that span much Eoeburnean Eburnean orogenic cycles. rare skarn-hosted deposits formed between ca. 2200 2135 Ma repeated volcanism, plutoni...