Strike-slip fault systems arise where lateral shear stress dominates, causing crustal blocks to slide past one another. Along such faults, bends and step-overs generate zones of transpression ...

This study was mainly conducted by Dr. Peng SHU (State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration), Dr. Xiwei Xu (National Institute of Natural Hazard ...

The opening and closing of the Rocas Verdes Basin, a back-arc basin in Patagonia, as described by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in a study published in Geology. Panels B and C ...

Vast, polished granite walls rise from forests and lake shores, shaped by forces far older than the rock climbers who now ...

Researchers describe zircons from the Andes mountains of Patagonia. Although the zircons formed when tectonic plates were colliding, they have a chemical signature associated with when the plates were ...