Plate tectonics provide a unifying conceptual framework for the understanding of Phanerozoic orogens. More controversially, recent syntheses apply these principles as far back as the Early Archaean. Recent advances in analytical techniques, as well as in fields such as geodynami…
"Plate tectonics provide a unifying conceptual framework for the under-standing of Phanerozoic orogens. More controversially, recent syntheses apply these principles as far back as the Early Archaean. Many ancient orogens are, however, poorly preserved and the processes responsi…
"Roman arrived in Britain when the concepts of continental drift and sea floor spreading were galvanizing geology. Plate tectonics concepts were little known in Eastern Europe where access to western scientific journals was limited. As a continental student 'adrift' on English s…
