Chinese researchers have discovered that the lithosphere architecture characterized by crust-mantle decoupling controls the formation of orogenic gold belts. In a paper published in the journal ...

MOE Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, PKU has the following research output in the current window (1 December 2024 - 30 November 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view ...

Abstract By selecting a limited number of variables (westward vs. eastward subduction polarity; oceanic vs. continental origin of downgoing and overriding plates), we identify eight end‐member ...

Plate tectonics is a paradigm based on the generation and extinction of oceans and on the subduction of water, which accordingly is the diagnostic tectonic feature of a hydrous Earth. The traditional ...

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