Arc-continent collision zones form where an oceanic plate bearing an island arc converges with and is thrust beneath a continental margin, generating complex deformation, uplift and seismicity. These ...

University of California scientists think they know why Earth's generally warm and balmy climate over the past billion years has occasionally been interrupted by cold snaps that enshroud the poles ...

This study is led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China. It focuses on the development of tectonic processes along convergent plate margins through inspection of ...