Charon tectonics by Beyer, Ross A., Nimmo, Francis, McKinnon, William B., Moore, Jeffrey M., Conrad, Jack W., Cheng, Andy, Ennico, K., Lauer, Tod R., Olkin, C.B., Robbins, Stuart, Schenk, Paul, Singer, Kelsi, Spencer, John R., Stern, S. Alan, Weaver, H.A., Young, L.A., Zangari, Amanda M., Binzel, Richard P

“…New Horizons images of Pluto's companion Charon show a variety of terrains that display extensional tectonic features, with relief surprising for this relatively small world. …”
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EMERGING POSSIBILITIES AND INSUPERABLE LIMITATIONS OF EXOGEOPHYSICS: THE EXAMPLE OF PLATE TECTONICS by Stamenkovic, Vlada, Seager, Sara

“…Moreover, the field of plate tectonics is still young - questioning whether we should study plate tectonics on exoplanets at this point in time. …”
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Tectonic development of the Samail ophiolite: High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology and Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on crustal growth and emplacement by Rioux, Matthew, Kelemen, Peter B., Gordon, Stacia, Miller, Robert, Bowring, Samuel A., Dudas, Francis O.

“…New high-precision single grain U-Pb zircon geochronology and whole rock Nd isotopic data provide insight into the magmatic and tectonic development of the Samail ophiolite. The analyzed rocks can be broadly divided into two groups based on their structural position, dates, and isotopic composition: an older group related to on-axis magmatism and a younger group of post-ridge dikes, sills, and stocks. …”
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Surface expression of eastern Mediterranean slab dynamics: Neogene topographic and structural evolution of the southwest margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey by Schildgen, T. F., Cosentino, D., Caruso, A., Buchwaldt, Robert, Yildirim, C., Bowring, Samuel A., Rojay, B., Echtler, H., Strecker, M. R.

“…Broad similarities in the change in the tectonic stress regime (after 8 Ma) and the onset of surface uplift (after 7 Ma) imply that deep-seated process(es) caused post-7 Ma uplift. …”
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GPS velocity field for the Tien Shan and surrounding regions by Zubovich, Alexander V., Wang, Xiao-qiang, Scherba, Yuri G., Schelochkov, Gennady G., Reilinger, Robert, Reigber, Christoph, Mosienko, Olga I., Molnar, Peter H., Michajljow, Wasili, Makarov, Vladimir I., Li, Jie, Kuzikov, Sergey I., Hamburger, Michael W., Dang, Ya-min, Bragin, Vitaly D., Beisenbaev, Rinat T., Herring, Thomas A, Hager, Bradford H

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Global drainage patterns and the origins of topographic relief on Earth, Mars, and Titan by Black, Benjamin A., Hemingway, Douglas, Bailey, Elizabeth, Nimmo, Francis, Zebker, Howard, Perron, J. Taylor

“…We attribute the observed differences to ancient long-wavelength topography on Mars, recent or ongoing generation of long-wavelength relief on Titan, and the creation of short-wavelength relief by plate tectonics on Earth.…”
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A re-assessesment of the shallow paleomagnetic inclinations of the Western Cyclades, Greece by Vassilakis, E., Bradley, Kyle Edward, Royden, Leigh H, Weiss, Benjamin P.

“…We therefore find no convincing evidence for an anomalous Middle Miocene field geometry, northward drift of the Aegean, or back-tilting of the low-angle normal faults that constitute the North Cycladic Detachment System. Keyword: Tectonics; paleomagnetism; detachment; paleolatitude; Kymi-Aliveri basin…”
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Protracted timescales of lower crustal growth at the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise by Rioux, Matthew, Johan Lissenberg, C., McLean, Noah Morgan, Bowring, Samuel A., MacLeod, Christopher J., Hellebrand, Eric, Shimizu, Nobumichi

“…The formation of oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges is a fundamental component of plate tectonics. A large fraction of the new crust is created when magmas in the lower crust cool to form gabbroic rocks. …”
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Machine learning approach for GNSS geodetic velocity estimation by Özarpacı, Seda, Kılıç, Batuhan, Bayrak, Onur C., Taşkıran, Murat, Doğan, Uğur, Floyd, Michael

“…Subsequently, distinct ML algorithms were trained using velocity fields associated with different tectonic plates. Moreover, to investigate the impact of the tectonic domain, the entire velocity field was also tested using ML algorithms without considering the tectonic structure. …”
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Examination of the kinematic structures in İzmir (Western Anatolia) with repeated GPS observations (2009, 2010 and 2011) by Çırmık, Ayça, Pamukçu, Oya, Gönenç, Tolga, Kahveci, Muzaffer, Şalk, Müjgan, Herring, Thomas A

“…Keywords: GPS/GNSS; Western Anatolia; Izmir; Tectonic features…”
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The origin of graben and ridges in Rachmaninoff, Raditladi, and Mozart basins, Mercury by Blair, David M., Freed, Andrew M., Byrne, Paul K., Klimczak, Christian, Prockter, Louise M., Ernst, Carolyn M., Solomon, Sean C., Melosh, H. Jay, Zuber, Maria

“…The Rachmaninoff, Raditladi, and Mozart peak-ring impact basins on Mercury display a distinctive pattern of tectonic features consisting of a central zone that is either devoid of tectonic landforms or contains small ridges, a medial annulus of prominent and predominantly circumferentially oriented graben, and a distal zone displaying graben that occur in a mix of orientations and that are less evident toward the peak ring. …”
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Deterministic seismic hazard assessment for Sultanate of Oman by Deif, A., El-Hussain, I., Al-Jabri, K., El-Hady, S., Al-Hashmi, S., Al-Toubi, K., Al-Shijbi, Y., Al-Saifi, M., Toksoz, M. Nafi

“…The Sultanate of Oman forms the southeastern part of the Arabian plate, which is surrounded by relatively high active tectonic zones. Studies of seismic risk assessment in Oman have been an important on-going socioeconomic concern. …”
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Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean by Faccenna, Claudio, Becker, Thorsten W., Auer, Ludwig, Billi, Andrea, Boschi, Lapo, Brun, Jean Pierre, Capitanio, Fabio A., Funiciello, Francesca, Jolivet, Laurent, Piromallo, Claudia, Rossetti, Federico, Serpelloni, Enrico, Horvath, Ferenc, Royden, Leigh H

“…The Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to study the driving forces of tectonic deformation within a complex mobile belt. …”
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U–Pb age constraints on the Jurassic succession and paleoflora of Mount Flora, Antarctic Peninsula by Scasso, Roberto A., Ramezani, J., Escapa, I., Elgorriaga, A., Capelli, I.

“…The depositional facies of the formation plays a key role in the tectonic interpretations and basin evolution models that attempt to reconcile large igneous province magmatism, continental break up, and magmatic arc development throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous. …”
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Crystallization depth beneath an oceanic detachment fault (ODP Hole 923A, Mid-Atlantic Ridge) by Lissenberg, C. Johan, Rioux, Matthew, MacLeod, Christopher J., Shimizu, Nobumichi, Bowring, Samuel A.

“…We here present U-Pb zircon dates for these gabbros and associated diorite veins which, when combined with a tectonic reconstruction of the area, allow us to calculate the depths at which the melts crystallized. …”
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Hotspot swells and the lifespan of volcanic ocean islands by Huppert, Kimberly L., Perron, J. Taylor, Royden, Leigh H., Royden, Leigh H

“…We examine swell bathymetry and island drowning at 14 hotspots and find a correspondence between island lifespan and residence time atop swell bathymetry, implying that islands drown as tectonic plate motion transports them past mantle sources of swell uplift. …”
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The thermal evolution of an Earth with strong subduction zones by Conrad, Clinton P., Hager, Bradford H

“…It is commonly supposed that plate tectonic rates are controlled by the temperature-dependent viscosity of Earth's deep interior. …”
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Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales by Arnscheidt, Constantin W, Rothman, Daniel H

“…Fluctuations grow on longer time scales, potentially due to tectonically or biologically driven changes that make weathering act as a climate forcing and a feedback. …”
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Nanometric flow and earthquake instability by Sun, Hongyu, Pec, Matej

“…Fault zones accommodate relative motion between tectonic blocks and control earthquake nucleation. …”
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Radial anisotropy in the crust of SE Tibet and SW China from ambient noise interferometry by Huang, Hui, Yao, Huajian, van der Hilst, Robert D

“…We use Rayleigh and Love wave Green's functions estimated from ambient seismic noise to study crustal structure and radial anisotropy in the tectonically complex and seismically active region west of the Sichuan Basin and around the Eastern Himalaya Syntaxis. …”
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