Imaging mantle lithosphere for diamond prospecting in southeast India 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

An understanding of the tectonic makeup of an area through study of surface geological features, together with depth information on the nature of the underlying lithosphere, forms the key to diamond e...

Autogenic cycles of channelized fluvial and sheet flow and their potential role in driving long-runout gravel progradation in sedimentary basins 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

The paleoslope estimation method uses a threshold-shear-stress criterion, together with field-based measurements of median grain size and channel depth in alluvial gravel deposits, to calculate the th...

Geochronological and geochemical constraints for a middle Paleozoic continental arc on the northern margin of the Tarim block: Implications for the Pa... 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

In order to reveal the tectonic evolution of the South Chinese Tianshan orogenic belt, we conducted structural, geochemical, and geochronological studies and identified granitic and volcanic rocks alo...

Fine crustal structure beneath the junction of the southwest Tian Shan and Tarim Basin, NW China 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

The geometry of the entire crust from the northern part of the Tarim Basin to the southwestern Tian Shan east of Kashi is imaged on a N-S–directed explosive-source deep seismic-reflection profile. The...

Constraints on Cenozoic tectonics in the southwestern Longmen Shan from low-temperature thermochronology 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

The Longmen Shan, located at the boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the Sichuan Basin, has received considerable attention following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. However, the tectonic history o...

Extension-driven right-lateral shear in the Centennial shear zone adjacent to the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

We evaluate global positioning system (GPS) surface velocities and gravitational potential energy (GPE) variations to assess the causes of right-lateral shear in the Centennial shear zone, a NE-trendi...

Late-stage foreland growth of China's largest orogens (Qinling, Tibet): Evidence from the Hannan-Micang crystalline massifs and the northern Sichuan B... 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

This paper addresses the timing of final foreland growth of China’s largest orogens: the Mesozoic Qin Mountains (Qinling) and the Cenozoic Tibetan Plateau. In particular, we ask when the front of the ...

Evidence for Pliocene-Quaternary normal faulting in the hinterland of the Bhutan Himalaya 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

In the central Himalaya, past researchers have identified a distinctive transition from the physiographic Lower Himalayan ranges in the south to the Higher Himalayan ranges in the north. Local relief ...

Is it possible to predict the past? 30 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm

Local stress sources in Western Europe lithosphere from geoid anomalies 24 May 2013 | 08:10 pm

We propose a method to evaluate the stress generated at the local scale by the spatial variations of the gravitational potential energy (GPE), which is related to inhomogeneous topography and mass dis...