Slab breakoff: A critical appraisal of a geological theory as applied in space and time
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DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.012
Abstract: Abstract The idea that prominent geological phenomena observed in the crust and at the surface may be caused by the detachment of subducting dense lithosphere has been anticipated by tectonic models in the Sixties and… read more here.
Keywords: breakoff critical; theory; time; slab breakoff ... See more keywords
Petrogenesis of Middle Silurian Shandan diorites in North Qilian Orogenic Belt, NW China: Insights into post-collisional slab breakoff
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DOI: 10.3389/feart.2025.1562893
Abstract: Paleozoic intrusive rocks are exposed in the Longshoushan area in NW China, in the Northern Qilian Block and on the southern edge of the Alxa Block. Understanding the petrogenesis and tectonic setting of these intrusive… read more here.
Keywords: shandan diorites; slab breakoff; intrusive rocks; north qilian ... See more keywords