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Petrogenesis of early-middle jurassic igneous rocks in the Central Jilin Province, NE China: implications for the early subduction of the Paleo-Pacific ocean and crustal growth Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Jinlei Sun, Kan Gao, Lingyun Sun, Lixiang Zhao, Yanjie Shen, Ye Qian, Fengyue Sun
Crustal growth is closely associated with the oceanic subduction process, although the precise mechanism involved remains poorly constrained. Northeast (NE) China is an important component of the l...
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Petrogenesis of late cretaceous arc volcanism in the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey: insight from zircon U–Pb geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry and Hf-Sr-Nd isotopes Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Abdullah Sar, Sevcan Kürüm, Mustafa Eren Rizeli, Hao-Yang Lee
The Eastern Pontide Orogenic Belt (EPOB), a well-preserved palaeo-magmatic arc, exists south of the Black Sea, from Bulgaria to Georgia. The region, which forms an essential part of the Alpine-Hima...
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Cenozoic tectono-thermal evolution of the Weihe Basin, Central China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Jiafei Lu, Song Rao, Shengbiao Hu, Shunde Huang, Qiaoran Zhang, Wenjing Li, Yinan Yang
As a passive rift basin in the Cenozoic, the formation and evolution process of the Weihe Basin has not been well explained. Here we estimate the stretching factor and basal heat flow for each rift...
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Heterogeneous dacitic magmas and the role of crustal assimilation in the Sierra Chichinautzin Volcanic Field, central Mexico: a perspective from crustal xenoliths Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 J.L. Arce, G. Valdez, P. Schaaf, M.C. Macías-Romo, A. Vasquez-Serrano, J. Ramírez-Espinosa
The Sierra Chichinautzin Volcanic Field (SCVF) is constituted by diverse monogenetic volcanic structures with heterogeneous chemical composition. Dacitic magmas are widely distributed in this volca...
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Petrogenesis of Neoarchean granitic gneisses from the Daqishan area of the Dabie orogen and implications for the early crustal evolution of the Northern Yangtze Craton Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Lingyao Kong, Xiang Xing, Qingsen Han, Hua Luo, Pan Guo, Xin Deng, Jun Wan, Chao Chen, Chengxin Liu
The Yangtze Craton is one of the crucial cratons constitued the eastern Asia continent. It is characterized by Archaean to Paleoproterozoic basement rocks, making it an excellent area to study the ...
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Exploring the tectono-magmatic evolution of intraoceanic fore-arc setting during subduction initiation: perspectives from trace and platinum group element systematics of the Jijal ultramafic arc system, NE Pakistan Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Tehseen Zafar, Hafiz Ur Rehman, Irfan Maqbool Bhat, Zaheen Ullah, Muhammad Farhan, Abiola Oyebamiji, Fatemeh Nouri, Fatemeh Spedibar, Shuguang Song, Zahid Hussain, Mubasir Ali, Cheng-Biao Leng, Chun-Feng Li, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Mabrouk Sami
The Jijal Complex is considered one of the largest Neo-Tethyan remnants in the intra-oceanic Cretaceous–Palaeogene Kohistan Arc of Pakistan. This complex largely consists of gabbros, peridotites, a...
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Tectonic stress around the South caspian basin deduced from earthquake focal mechanisms Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Ahad Nouri, Behnam Rahimi, Václav Vavryčuk, Farzin Ghaemi
In this paper, we study the tectonic stress around the South Caspian Basin (SCB), which includes the Kopeh Dagh, Alborz, Talesh, eastern Greater Caucasus mountain belts, the Apsheron sill, and the ...
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Spatio-temporal variations of Late Triassic granitic magmatism in the Lincang batholith and implications for post-collisional process along the Paleo-Tethys suture in SW China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Chen Wang, Gang Li, Zheng-Hong Liu, Jun-Lai Liu, Zhong-Yuan Xu, Wen-Qing Li
The most striking Lincang granitic batholith widely distributed in the Sanjiang Paleo-Tethys Orogen provides us a crucial window to understand the subduction, consumption, and associated geodynamic...
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Crustal evolution of Paleozoic-Mesozoic granitoid in Dakrong-A Luoi area, Truong Son belt, central Vietnam: evidence from zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and Hf isotope composition Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Nguyen Thi Dung, Tran Tuan Anh, Pham Trung Hieu, Pham Minh, Le Xuan Truong, Nguyen Trung Minh, Doan Dinh Hung
The Dakrong-A Luoi area is located in the South Truong Son belt in the Indochina block and has been affected by multiple stages of magmatic-metamorphic events. In this paper, Paleozoic-Mesozoic gra...
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Contrasting Cu mineralization styles across the Dananhu Arc, Eastern Tianshan: insights from the geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of Carboniferous arc rocks Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Qinghui Yu, Yun Zhao, Chunji Xue, Xiaobo Zhao, Matthew J. Brzozowski
The tectonic regime is an important factor controlling the formation of ore deposits, and magmatic rocks generated in different tectonic regimes are characterized by contrasting ore affinities and ...
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Neoproterozoic granitoids of northwest Vietnam and their tectonic implications Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Ngo Xuan Dac, Asad Khan, Zaheen Ullah, Trinh Hai Son, Li Xiao Chun, Khuong The Hung, Guanzhong Shi, Duan Zhuang, Muhammad Farhan
A combined study of whole-rock geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic data, and zircon U-Pb geochronological and Hf isotopes has been carried out for several Neoproterozoic intrusions, including the Lung T...
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Mayodia ophiolitic complex of Arunachal Pradesh, India: a multistage evolutionary record during the Tethyan closure Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Sankhadeep Roy, Biswajit Ghosh, Soumi Chattopadhaya, Debaditya Bandyopadhyay, Archisman Dhar, Manojit Koley, Tomoaki Morishita, Sachin Kumar Tripathi
The Mayodia ophiolitic complex of Arunachal Pradesh, India is a highly dismembered body located close to the Namche Barwa syntaxis. It structurally represents a klippe and consists dominantly of se...
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Geochemistry of the North Gondwana Paleozoic Araba and Naqus formation siliciclastics, Sinai: implications for provenance, paleoweathering, and tectonic setting Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Mohammed Z. El-Bialy, Ahmed E. Shata
The Araba and Naqus formations in Ras Milan, Sinai, constitute part of the major continuous Paleozoic clastic belt stretching across northern Gondwana. They are sandstone-dominated successions, res...
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Lithium isotope fractionation in highly evolved granites and associated magmatic-hydrothermal process: the case of the Xintianling granites in the Nanling Range, South China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Xunfei Li, Zhiqiang Wang, Bin Chen, Chao Huang, Xiaoxia Duan
The highly evolved granites are closely associated with rare-metal mineralization. It is still debated whether the enrichment of rare metals is mainly controlled by magmatic or hydrothermal process...
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Sulphur in apatite: a potential monitor of the magmatic redox state in the world-class gold fields of the North China Craton Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Jia-Wei Liu, Lin Li, Sheng-Rong Li, M. Santosh, Mao-Wen Yuan, Masroor Alam, Shun-Feng Yan
The redox condition, a key parameter of mineralization, is one of the most difficult parameters to constrain precisely. Here we employ electron probe and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to a...
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The Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe – some new age constraints and implications for greenstone belt evolution Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Axel Hofmann, Xian‐Hua Li, Dwight C. Bradley, Fabien Humbert
The Neoarchaean Belingwe greenstone belt of the Zimbabwe craton consists of a well-preserved succession of rocks of low metamorphic grade and low strain. We present new age constraints for the Ngez...
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Geochronology and geochemistry of the El Salvador plutonic complex (Sierra de Tamaulipas, NE Mexico): cenozoic tectonic implications of the eastern Mexican alkaline province Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Tomás A. Peña-Alonso, Isidro Loza-Aguirre, Fanis Abdullin, Juan A. Ramírez-Fernández, Juliana Estrada-Carmona, Federico Viera-Décida, Olvin Castellanos, Alexander Iriondo, Luigi Solari, Gilles Levresse
The El Salvador plutonic complex is a 9.2 km2 circular body within the Sierra de Tamaulipas, part of the Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province (EMAP). Three alkaline magmatic suites were identified fro...
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Geochronological and stratigraphical characterization of lower Jurassic tectonically-controlled felsic tuff ring volcanism in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Agustín J. Stremel, Leonardo Benedini, Leonardo Strazzere, Daniel A. Gregori, Marcos E. Bahía, Mauro C. Geraldes, Cecilia Pavón Pivetta, Mercedes Barros, Anderson Costa dos Santos
The early Jurassic syn-rift phase generated a significant set of half-grabens, calderas, and pull-apart basins along the southwestern margin of South America. In particular, the Loncon Complex, loc...
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Geochemistry and geochronology of early Triassic tephra from SW China: implications for biological evolution and tectonics Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Guoqing Xiong, Qi Deng, Xi Zheng, Yong Dan, Xiaogang Li, Zhoujun Peng
Late Permian to middle Triassic volcanic activities were very strong, however, volcanic records in the early Triassic strata are less reported than those of the Permo-Triassic boundary and the Tria...
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Using detrital zircon systematics to trace the sediment sources of Jurassic uranium-bearing sandstones in the western Ordos Basin, China: implications for uranium exploration in a sedimentary basin Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Xiaochao Shu, Rui Tao, Deliang Li, Fanwei Meng
The Jurassic Zhiluo Formation in the western Ordos Basin is known for hosting economically significant sandstone-type uranium deposits. However, the understanding of sediment sources for this forma...
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Jurassic–cretaceous exhumation history of the Northern Qaidam Basin and its implications for Northeastern Qinghai–Tibet plateau tectonism: evidences from zircon fission track thermochronology Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Zirui Feng, Wanming Yuan, Zhidan Zhao, Guochen Dong, Xiaowei Li, Wenli Sun, Li Yang, Shujiong Hong, Mingming Zhao, Caixia Hu, Shiyu Li
Reconstructing the growth model of the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is of significant importance in understanding its tectonic evolution through time. We present 20 new zircon fission track d...
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Petrogenesis of early Paleozoic peraluminous A-type granites from southern China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Zhen-Tao Song, Biao Liu, Wen-Tao Hong
Early Paleozoic A-type granites in South China are rare, and their petrogenesis is still highly debated. This study focuses on the controversial Epo pluton in the Wuyi-Yunkai Orogen and conducts pe...
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Devonian intrusions of southwestern New Brunswick, Canada: U-Pb geochronology, petrogenesis and genetic constraints on gold mineralization Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Hassan Heidarian, David R. Lentz, Kathleen G. Thorne, Christopher R. M. McFarlane
The Clarence Stream intrusion-related gold deposit is hosted within metasedimentary and metavolcanic sequences of the Ordovician Cookson and Silurian Mascarene groups that were intruded by several ...
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Extremely enriched lithospheric mantle–derived magmas in the central Lhasa Terrane, southern Tibet Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Yutong Zhang, Feng Huang, Jifeng Xu, Han Liu, Mingjian Li, Yunchuan Zeng, Jing Hu, Mingda Lv, Xijun Liu
Plate tectonics plays a crucial role in the evolution of Earth’s continents and oceans. However, the impact of oceanic subduction and continental collision on the continental lithospheric mantle wi...
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Subduction and retreat of Permian oceanic plates in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt: evidence from mafic-ultramafic intrusive rocks Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Chaobin Hu, Chengyou Feng, Meng Li, Xianfeng Zha, Xiaofeng Gao, Zikun Gao, Ming Li
The East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, an important part of the Central Orogenic Belt in China, preserved wealthy geological information for the tectonic evolution of the Proto- and Paleo-Tethys Ocean. Sev...
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History of western Tethys Ocean and the birth of the circum-mediterranean orogeny as reflected by source-to-sink relations Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Salvatore Critelli, Manuel Martín-Martín
A broad region of Mesozoic to Cenozoic tectonism along the western and central Circum-Mediterranean (CM) margins, from southern Spain (Betic Cordillera) to the northern Morocco (Rif) and Italy (Ape...
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Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the carboniferous El Carmen Pluton, central Colombian Andes: insights from whole-rock and mineral geochemistry, in situ zircon Lu–Hf isotopes and U–Pb geochronology Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Eliselder Zapata-Cardona, Juan S. Hernández-González, July A. Quiceno-Colorado, Elvira C. Ruiz-Jiménez, Mario Moreno-Sánchez, Edwin Naranjo-Sierra, Luz Mary Toro-Toro, Jairo Rincón-Alape
During the initial stages of Pangea amalgamation in the Carboniferous period, the Rheic Ocean basin experienced subduction prompted by the convergence between Gondwana and Laurasia, culminating in ...
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Recently-discovered Bahçecik Au±Ag mineralization in the Eastern Pontides, Gümüşhane-NE Türkiye: geological and geochemical implications on the intermediate sulfidation epithermal deposit Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Mustafa Kemal Revan, Yılmaz Demir, İ̇brahim Uysal, Mustafa Özkan, Özcan Dumanlılar, Cüneyt Şen, Rasim Taylan Kara, Semi Hamzaçebİ, Deniz Göç, Dirk Müller, Mustafa Tokoğlu
Intermediate sulfidation epithermal deposits represent significant reservoirs of precious metals, playing a crucial role in global mining operations. The Anatolian Peninsula, predominantly characte...
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Genesis and tectonic setting of an Early Palaeozoic skarn in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, China: constraints from adakitic rocks and garnet megacrysts Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Lili Xu, Dengfeng He, Xianfeng Zha, Chaobin Hu, Zuochen Li, Meng Li, Xiaofeng Gao, Xianzhi Pei
The East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (E-KOB) in the northern Tibet Plateau has undergone a long multi-stage history of drifting, accretion, and collision of the Proto- and Palaeo-Tethyan oceans. It has be...
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Subduction, accretion, and collision in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Iberia: a tribute to the career of Antonio García-Casco Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 I.F. Blanco-Quintero, Y. Rojas-Agramonte, J.A. Proenza
Published in International Geology Review (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2024)
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Metamorphic and geochronological constraints on the final assembly of West Gondwana: an Ediacaran-Cambrian collisional setting in the northern Araguaia Orogen, central Brazil Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Gabriela Bueno Fagundes de Freitas, Vinícius Tieppo Meira, Caue Rodrigues Cioffi, Brenda Chung Rocha, George Luiz Luvizotto, Jeffrey Vervoort, Ricardo Ivan Ferreira da Trindade
The Araguaia Orogen, located in Central Brazil, represents an Ediacaran-Cambrian collisional orogen associated with the final assembly of West Gondwana. Two contrasting tectonic models have been pr...
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New U-Pb zircon geochronological data for Takestan magmatic rocks (Western Alborz) and their significance for the interpretation of Paleogene magmatism in Iran Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Ali A. Sepahi, Batool Nemati, Abbas Asiabanha, David R. Lentz, Chris R. M. McFarlane
The Takestan area is in the western part of the Alborz magmatic arc. Magmatic rocks of the area consist of plutonic rocks (e.g. granitoids), effusive volcanic, and pyroclastic rocks. Using U-Pb zir...
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The role of high oxygen fugacity on genesis of the late Cenozoic Abaga basalts in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia, China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Jinheng Sun, Ni Li, Yongwei Zhao, Wanfeng Zhang, Jun Hu
The Abaga basalts, which erupted within an intraplate background in the late Cenozoic, are situated in eastern central Inner Mongolia. Previous studies have explored the genesis of these basalts, w...
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Apatite geochemical composition of Mesozoic granitoids in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen, S. China: insights into petrogenesis and intrinsic magmatic variables Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Chao Li, Jun Yan
The geochemical compositions of apatite are commonly used to provide reliable constraints on the intrinsic magmatic variables of the parental magma. There is a widespread distribution of Mesozoic g...
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Metamorphic P-T-t path of Triassic eclogite from the Rongcheng region, eastern China: implications for the tectonic evolution of Sulu orogenic belt Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Haozhong Zhu, Zhonghua Tian, Pinghua Liu, Wenyong Duan, Zhanghuang Ye
Interpretation and inversion of P-T (Pressure-Temperature) paths of high-pressure (HP) and ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks are critical to understanding the subduction and exhumation his...
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Origin and tectonic setting of middle–late Triassic Lalingzaohuo granitoids in the western East Kunlun Orogen, northern Tibetan Plateau Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Jing Chen, Bin Li, Jin-Xi Zhou
Triassic granitoids are widespread in the East Kunlun Orogen (EKO), with Middle Triassic granitoids being dominant and Late Triassic granitoids being subordinate. This paper presents new whole-rock...
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Origin of late Carboniferous highly fractionated high-K calc-alkaline I-type granites from the eastern Pontides (Şiran, northern Turkey) Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Gültekin Topuz, Orhan Yavuz, Osman Candan, Thomas Zack, Mutlu Özkan, Wolfgang Siebel
The Sakarya Zone (northern Turkey) is characterized by the emplacement of voluminous granitoids during the late Carboniferous. In this study, we present geological, U-Pb zircon age, elemental abund...
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Petrogenesis and rare-metal mineralization of the Ririwai alkaline granitoids, north-central Nigeria: mineralogical and geochemical constraints Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Vandi Dlama Kamaunji, Lian-Xun Wang, Wei Chen, Musa Bala Girei, Hafizullah Abba Ahmed, Yu-Xiang Zhu, Victor Ikechukwu Vincent, Liang Cao
The Ririwai anorogenic alkaline complex harbours extensive rare metal (Nb-Zr-Sn-Zn) mineralization. However, uncertainty still surrounds their origin and magmatic-hydrothermal processes responsible...
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Geochronology, provenance, and tectonic setting of the meta-sedimentary rocks from the North Shahrekord metamorphic Complex, Iran Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Mahin Hashemi, Ali Reza Davoudian, Nahid Shabanian, John M. Cottle, Hossein Azizi, Yoshihiro Asahara
The meta-sedimentary rocks from the North Shahrekord metamorphic Complex (NSMC) comprise micaschists, paragneisses, quartz-feldspathic schists, and marbles. Detrital zircons from the paragneisses y...
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U-Pb zircon ages and Lu-Hf isotope systematics across northwestern Mexico: implications for Cretaceous to Paleocene tectonomagmatic evolution during Farallon subduction Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Arlin B. Fonseca-Martínez, Alexander Iriondo, Scott E.K. Bennett, Fred W. McDowell, Carlos Ortega-Obregón
This study presents U-Pb zircon ages and Lu-Hf zircon isotope data for Cretaceous-Paleocene plutonic rocks along a W-E transect in northwestern Mexico. These data are combined with tectonic reconst...
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Zircon U-Pb geochronology and petrogenesis of Middle Eocene monzonitic plutons in NE Turkey: constraints for generation of post-collisional I-type shoshonitic magmas Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 İ̇rfan Temizel, Mehmet Arslan
We present U – Pb zircon geochronology and whole-rock Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions of monzonitic plutons from NE Turkey to elucidate their genesis and provide significant insights into the genera...
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A late Neoarchean continental arc system in the northeastern North China Craton: constrain from the Guanghua mélange in the Tonghua area, southern Jilin Province Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Shigang Zheng, Weimin Li, Yongjiang Liu, Wei Jin, Yingli Zhao, Tongjun Liu, Jinhui Gao, Tao Chen, Nwabueze Ekene Chibuike
The late Neoarchean tonalite – trondhjemite – granodiorite (TTG) and mafic rocks record essential information regarding the early tectonic evolution of the North China Craton, which is crucial for ...
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Subduction initiation of Paleo-Pacific Ocean and final closure of Paleo-Asian Ocean: constraints from Triassic granitoids in Jiamusi Block, NE China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Wenjing Bai, Yu Dong, Wenchun Ge, Hao Yang, Junhui Bi, Chen Liu, Jielu Yu, Hongying Zhou, Zheng Ji
The process of transformation and superposition from the Paleo-Asian Ocean to the Paleo-Pacific Ocean tectonic systems have been a critical scientific issue. However, the final closure of the Paleo...
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The Elat Timna area, southern Israel: a unique geological window into 800 million years of geological evolution Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Michael Beyth, Ran Calvo
The Elat/Timna area in Southern Israel provides an unparalleled opportunity for geological field studies due to its unique geology, spanning from the Neoproterozoic to the Holocene. The well-expose...
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Nature of magma and ore-forming conditions at the Randu Kuning porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Indonesia: a comparative study with other Cu-Au deposits in the region Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Arifudin Idrus, Cendi D. P. Dana, Lucas D. Setijadji, Sutarto, Ernowo, Grigorios A. Sakellaris, Theo van Leeuwen
The subduction-related Sunda-Banda arc hosts several giant and major Cu–Au–Mo porphyry and epithermal Au systems, making it one of the most important magmatic-related metallogenic belts in Indonesi...
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Petrogenesis of the U-rich Permian Akkulen syenite intrusion, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan: insights into its magmatic evolution and geodynamic setting Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Renke Wang, Xiaobo Zhao, Chunji Xue, Qing Sun, Reimar Seltmann, Nikolay Pak, David T.A. Symons, Guoxiong Ma, Yiwei Shi
Permian alkaline granitoids are widely distributed throughout the Tien Shan Orogen and adjacent region of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. However, their petrogenesis and related tectonic ...
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Late Mesozoic tectonic affinity of the Tengchong Block and southward extension of the Bangong-Nujiang Suture: constraints from Early Cretaceous granitic rocks in western Yunnan, SW China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Chen Wang, Gang Li, Zheng-Hong Liu, Shi-Jie Wang, Xi Chen, Yu Gao, Nuo Zhang, Yu-Fei Xuan
The southward extension of the Bangong-Nujiang Suture and the late Mesozoic tectonic affinity of the Tengchong Block have been subject to debate, and the Early Cretaceous magmatism in the eastern T...
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How did submarine volcanic eruptions interact with organic matter to favour hydrocarbon generation in the Bohai Bay Basin, China? Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Chuanming Li, Jianhui Zeng, Shuning Liu, Yuyang Dong, Maoyun Wang
Based on the geological and geochemical analysis of volcanic rock and their surrounding rocks, combined with palaeontological data and hydrocarbon generation thermal simulation experiments, the mec...
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Petrologic exploration criteria for magmatism-related uranium deposits: a review Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Javad Mehdipour Ghazi, Mohssen Moazzen, Mostafa Fayek
Magmatic rocks host different types of uranium deposits that can range from magmatic/high-temperature hydrothermal systems to post-magmatic, low-temperature hydrothermal deposits. The uranium miner...
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Paleoenvironmental evolution and organic matter accumulation of the lower Cambrian Maidiping marine black shales in the intracratonic basin, western margin of Sichuan Basin, South China Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Guodong Xia, Yuehao Ye, Shugen Liu, Heng Wang, Jinmin Song, Wei Sun, Bo Ran, Kun Jiao, Guoliang Xie, Bin Deng, Zhiwu Li, Yun Zeng
The Late Ediacaran to Early Cambrian marked a pivotal phase in paleoenvironmental and tectonic shifts. The Sichuan Basin, on the Yangtze platform’s western edge, developed the Mianyang-Changning in...
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Subduction initiation ophiolites of the SW Pacific II: second-stage melts of boninites, high-Mg andesites, and related rocks Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Scott A. Whattam
Boninites (BONs), high-Mg andesites (HMAs), and related lavas and dikes of Palaeogene ophiolites of the SW Pacific in Papua, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the North Island, New Zealand, interprete...
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Geochemistry and zircon U–Pb dating of amphibolite in the Menderes Massif (western Türkiye): first record of Late Devonian extension Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 O. Ersin Koralay
The timing of extensional events in northern Gondwana remains elusive. In relations to this event, a new zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotopic compositions, and whole-rock geochemistry provided here for ...
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Analogue modelling of subduction initiation: a review and perspectives Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Zhengyi Tong, Weiwei Ding, Chunyang Wang, Chun-Feng Li
Subduction initiation (SI) is crucial for understanding the driving mechanisms of plate tectonics, the strength, and heterogeneity of the lithosphere, as well as the interaction of various driving/...
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Geodynamic regime of the southeastern North China Craton before the Tectono-Magmatic Lull: evidence from ca. 2510 Ma and 2430 Ma igneous rocks in the Xuhuai micro-block Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Tianyang Hu, Lei Liu, Guoxiang Chi, Leslie J. Robbins, Heng Liu, Weijian Zhou, M. Santosh, Zhiqiang Yu, Shisheng Kang, Qi Hou, Xiaoyong Yang
The Tectono-Magmatic Lull (TML) refers to the period between 2.37 and 2.24 Ga when magmatic activity declined globally, the cause of which remains debated. The North China Craton (NCC), which was f...
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Geochemical and geochronological evolution of the UHT granulites from the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India: implications from F-OH substitution in biotite, thermal events and cooling age Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Saurabh Singh, Divya Prakash, Roopali Yadav, Manish Kumar, Bikash Mahanta, Jesús Solé Viñas
The thin lenses and bands of ultra-high temperature (UHT) granulites with diagnostic sapphirine and quartz in contact are occasionally found on the western flank of the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt (E...
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Mesozoic tectono-magmatic evolution of the Tanlu Fault zone and its relationship with the destruction of the North China Craton Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Yuelan Kang, Yuruo Shi, J. Lawford Anderson, Tianshui Yang, Haijun Zhang
The lithosphere beneath the eastern part of the North China Craton (NCC) is widely recognized as having undergone extensive thinning and destruction since the Mesozoic. Although most models propose...
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Petrogenesis of Late Cretaceous A-type plutonic rocks from the Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt (NE Turkey): constraints from zircon U-Pb geochronology, zircon Lu-Hf and whole-rock Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopes Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Cem Yücel, Emre Aydınçakır, Abdullah Kaygusuz, Mehmet Arslan, Keewook Yi, Youn-Joong Jeong, Derya Cicerali
The Late Cretaceous magmatic history of the Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt (NE Turkey) was generally characterized by common I-type and lesser A-type plutons in varying size and composition. Of the...
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Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, and Paleozoic sedimentary successions of the Southwestern Amazonian craton: geochemistry, provenance, and post-sedimentary events Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Márcio Fernando dos Santos Albuquerque, Adriana Maria Coimbra Horbe, Matheus S. Simões, Caio César Aguiar Borges, Elton Luiz Dantas
The Amazonian Craton is home to many Statherian to Calymmian taphrogenesis events that evolved over Large Igneous Provinces. The NW-SE faults on the Western Amazonian Igneous Belt (1.82–1.74Ga) and...
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The origin of the Daly gap by fractional crystallization in a transcrustal plumbing system in the Passa Quatro alkaline complex (SE Brazil) Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-15 Júlio César Lopes da Silva, Sérgio de Castro Valente, Cícera Neysi Almeida, Gabriel Medeiros Marins
The surface gap of tephriphonolite compositions in the Passa Quatro alkaline complex, in SE Brazil, is attributed to non-buoyancy of these high viscosity intermediate compositions during magmatic f...
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Tectonic slices of greenschist – epidote blueschist – epidote amphibole schist – garnet epidote amphibole schist from the Nagaland ophiolite complex, NE India: a look into their metamorphic and tectonic evolution Int. Geol. Rev. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Aliba Ao
Tectonic slices of greenschist – epidote blueschist – epidote amphibole schist – garnet epidote amphibole schist are exposed in the northern part of the NOC. Metamorphic P-T conditions and P-T path...