Formation conditions and evolution of the oil and gas strata of the prospective East Siberian oil and gas province by R. A. Mamedov, M. A. Allanazarova, R. R. Sagdeev, T. N. Suyunbaev

“…A basin analysis was based on a model developed by the Equinor specialists (Somme et al., 2018) [8, 9], which covered the time period from the Triassic to Paleogene inclusive and took into account the plate-tectonic reconstructions performed by Dor’e et al. in 2015. …”
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Charnockites: Petrologic and phase equilibria characterization of some global examples by Toshiaki Tsunogae, Cheng-Xue Yang, M. Santosh

“…Charnockites formed in different plate tectonic settings; in most cases as arc magmas within subduction-collision settings and some cases, post-collisional extension during different periods in Earth history, and serve as potential archives of melt and fluid processes in the continental crust.…”
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Formation conditions and evolution of oil and gas source strata of the Laptev sea shelf ore and gas province by V. Yu. Kerimov, Yu. V. Shcherbina, A. A. Ivanov

“…The basin analysis was based on a model developed by Equinor specialists (Somme et al., 2018) [14—17], covering the time period from the Triassic to Paleogene inclusive and taking into account the plate-tectonic reconstructions. The resulting model included four main sedimentary complexes: pre-Aptian, Apt-Upper Cretaceous, Paleogene, and Neogene-Quaternary.Results. …”
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The timing of the Svalbardian Orogeny in Svalbard: a review by J.-B. P. Koehl, J. E. A. Marshall, G. Lopes, G. Lopes

“…This has great implications for the plate tectonic reconstructions of Arctic regions and for the tectonic history of Svalbard. …”
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Orthogonal Megatrend Intersections: "Coils" of a Stellar Transformer (Extended) – Investigating the Southeast Indian Ridge Circuit by N. Christian Smoot, Bruce Leybourne

“…According to the plate tectonic hypothesis, Fracture Zones (FZs) are considered transform faults that lie perpendicular to mid-ocean ridge axes; that is, they show the direction of seafloor spreading. …”
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Major Strike-Slip Faults Identified Using Satellite Data in Central Borneo, SE Asia by Afroz Ahmad Shah, Mohd Noor Zhafri, Jumat Delson, Batmanathan Navakanesh

“…The mapped structures clearly suggest that plate tectonic forces dominantly control the geological structures that we have mapped and support the regional oblique convergence that is oblique with respect to the major trend of the Crocker Range, which forms the spine of the Borneo Island.…”
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InSAR identification and monitoring of geological hazards in Ranwu region of Tibet by Benhao ZHANG, Yunjie WEI, Chengsheng YANG, Guohua XIONG, Jihong DONG

“…Southeast Tibet, located in the southeast part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is characterized by steep terrain, frequent occurrence and large scale of geological disasters due to multiple plate tectonic movements and compression movements between rock masses. …”
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Zircon U-Pb Dating of Magmatism and Mineralizing Hydrothermal Activity in the Variscan Karkonosze Massif and Its Eastern Metamorphic Cover (SW Poland) by Stanisław Z. Mikulski, Ian S. Williams, Holly J. Stein, Jan Wierchowiec

“…Moreover, at the end-Carboniferous, transition from a collisional to within-plate tectonic setting in the central part of the European Variscides introduced volcanism in the Intra-Sudetic Basin. …”
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COMMENTS ON THE ARTICLE AUTHORED BY M.V. MINTS AND K.A. DOKUKINA – THE BELOMORIAN ECLOGITE PROVINCE (EASTERN FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD, RUSSIA): MESO-NEOARCHEAN OR LATE PALEOPROTEROZOIC... by S. G. Skublov, A. V. Berezin, L. I. Salimgaraeva

“…The reason is that a number of authors determine the age of eclogites as Archean (2.7–2.8 Ga), which makes the White Sea mobile belt the only example of the Archean eclogite metamorphism in the world and, therefore, the only dated evidence in support of the plate tectonic model of the evolution of the Earth’s crust at the earliest stage of its formation. …”
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Petrogenesis of the Late Carboniferous Trondhjemite in Central Inner Mongolia in North China and Constraints of Intra-Oceanic Subduction in the Southern Paleo-Asian Ocean by Peipei Dong, Yingjie Li, Yan Xie, Jinfang Wang, Hongyang Li

“…Intra-oceanic subduction is a fundamental process on Earth, the study of which can improve the understanding of plate tectonic processes and the history of continental growth. …”
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Improving global paleogeography since the late Paleozoic using paleobiology by W. Cao, S. Zahirovic, N. Flament, N. Flament, S. Williams, J. Golonka, R. D. Müller, R. D. Müller

“…This makes it difficult to convert the maps into a digital form and link them to alternative digital plate tectonic reconstructions. To address this limitation, we develop a workflow to restore global paleogeographic maps to their present-day coordinates and enable them to be linked to a different tectonic reconstruction. …”
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Morphology and Mitochondrial Lineage Investigations Corroborate the Systematic Status and Pliocene Colonization of <i>Suncus niger</i> (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla) in the Western Ghats... by Shantanu Kundu, Manokaran Kamalakannan, Ah Ran Kim, Vishwanath D. Hegde, Dhriti Banerjee, Won-Kyo Jung, Young-Mog Kim, Hyun-Woo Kim

“…The current study hypothesizes that the ancestor of the soricids evolved in Africa and that genetic lineages were subsequently shifted by plate tectonic events that subsequently colonized different continents as distinct species during the late Miocene (Tortonian) to the Holocene era. …”
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Formation of an Intracontinental Orogen Above the Permo-Triassic Mantle Convection Cell in the Paleo-Tethys Tectonic Realm due to Far-Field Stress Derived From Continental Margins by Lei Zhao, Mingguo Zhai, Xiwen Zhou

“…The identification of intraplate orogens seemingly poses challenges to the plate tectonic theory. Delineating the formation processes of intraplate orogens can provide clues for the better understandings of the above issue. …”
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Analogue experiments on releasing and restraining bends and their application to the study of the Barents Shear Margin by R. H. Gabrielsen, P. A. Giannenas, D. Sokoutis, D. Sokoutis, E. Willingshofer, M. Hassaan, M. Hassaan, J. I. Faleide

“…During the break-up of the North Atlantic the plate tectonic configuration was characterized by sequential dextral shear, extension, and eventually contraction and inversion. …”
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Pre-disposed tectonic subsidence controls flood hazards and unplanned urbanisation dominates the flood disasters in the Pliocene to Holocene Kashmir basin, NW Himalayas by Afroz Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Gazali Rachman, Rajesh Kumar, Anushka Vashistha, Ajay Dashora, Muhsana Mahoor

“…The topographic expression of the basin is a direct consequence of the active plate tectonic convergence between the lithosphere plates of India and Eurasia. …”
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40Ar/39Ar Geochronological Constraints on the Age Progression Along the Juan Fernández Ridge, SE Pacific by Luis E. Lara, Javier Reyes, Javier Reyes, Brian R. Jicha, Juan Díaz-Naveas

“…This value is much higher than the velocity prescribed by plate tectonic models that assume fixed hotspots, and still somewhat higher than models that take into account hotspot drift, indicating that the Juan Fernández hotspot is moving ca. 20 mm/year toward East Pacific Rise. …”
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The Tectonic Map and Structural Provinces of the Late Neoproterozoic Egyptian Nubian Shield: Implications for Crustal Growth of the Arabian–Nubian Shield (East African Orogen) by Zakaria Hamimi, Zakaria Hamimi, Wael Hagag, Harald Fritz, Haitham Baggazi, Samir Kamh

“…The proposed provinces are ascribed to three different plate tectonic far-field boundary conditions. The earliest magmatic, metamorphic, and tectonic history was set off by the approximate north–south convergence of the Gabgaba-Gebeit, Jiddah-Asir terranes, and Eastern Desert-Midyan terranes along the Yanbo-Onib-Sol-Hamid-Gerf-Allaqi-Heiani (YOSHGAH) suture between c. 800 and 620 Ma. …”
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The relationship between structure and seismogenic behaviour in subduction zones by Bassett, D, Daniel G Bassett

“…The remnant Tonga-Ridge occupies the inner fore-arc and residual free-air gravity anomalies constrain its latitudinal extent (north of 30.5°S), width (110&amp;pm;20 km) and strike (~005° south of 25°S). Plate tectonic reconstructions suggest the Lau Ridge is unmodified by subduction related erosion, &lt;200 km of the Tonga Ridge has been eroded, and neither ridge ever occupied the southern Kermadec arc. …”

Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Xianghualing Granitic Rocks: Insights into Multi-Stage Sn-Polymetallic Mineralization in South China by Zhaoyang Luo, Huan Li, Jinghua Wu, Wenbo Sun, Jianqi Zhou, Adi Maulana

“…The rocks are highly differentiated A-type peraluminous granite, which originated in an extensional within-plate tectonic setting. Based on U-Pb dating and trace element analysis, the following multi-stage magma-hydrothermal events were identified: (1) Paleozoic (~347 Ma) and Triassic (~206 Ma) magmatic stages (initial enrichment epochs of ore-forming elements), (2) Jurassic (~161 Ma) magmatic-hydrothermal stage (mineralization epoch), and (3) Cretaceous hydrothermal overprinting stage (with peaks in the Early Cretaceous ~120 Ma and Late Cretaceous ~80 Ma). …”
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The proto-type basin and tectono-paleogeographic evolution of the Tarim basin in the Late Paleozoic by Jinkai Xia, Ziqi Zhong, Shaoying Huang, Caiming Luo, Hong Lou, Haining Chang, Xiang Li, Lunyan Wei

“…Based on previous works, together with the recent exploration, and geological evidences, three global plate tectonic pattern maps, four Tarim proto-type basin maps (in present-day geographic coordinates) and four regional tectono-paleogeography maps (in paleogeographic coordinates) during the Late Paleozoic are provided in this paper. …”
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