A study of deformed and metamorphosed rocks exposed in Tibet’s Lopu Range suggests that episodes of crustal shortening and extension during the evolution of the Himalaya are related to subduction processes.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Chronology is at the heart of all geosciences, but its ubiquity has given it an image of a useful tool rather than a foundational discipline of its own.Read More »
Researchers look to minerals in rocks from Norway's Western Gneiss Region to determine when the mountain-making period came to a close in the region.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
IsoAstro Geochronology Workshop: The Integration and Intercalibration of Radioisotopic and Astrochronologic Time Scales;
Madison, Wisconsin, 18–23 August 2014
Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Studying Archean-age gneissic and schistic rocks in northwestern Canada, researchers determined that the source of these rocks formed 4.3 billion years ago.Read More »
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