Editorial: Continental basin and orogenic processes: Deep structure, tectonic deformation, and dynamics

Mesozoic Basin Development and Tectonic Evolution of the Dabieshan Orogenic Belt, Central China

Structure, Dynamics, and Deformation

Kamerlin, N. 2017. Computer Simulations of Polymer Gels. Structure, Dynamics, and Deformation. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1596. 69 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0144-0. This thesis presents the results of computer simulation studies of the structure, dynamics, and deformation of cross-linked ...

Structure and Dynamics of the Continental Tectosphere

We examine, as a function of depth, the relationship between a tectonic regionalization and upper-mantle shear-wave heterogeneity represented by a recent seismic tomographic model. We perform Monte Carlo simulations that incorporate the spectral properties of both the regions and the seismic signal. Our results indicate that ridges can be readily distinguished from older oceans to a depth of ab...

Northwest Basin and Range tectonic deformation observed with the Global Positioning System , 1999 – 2003

[1] We use geodetic velocities obtained with the Global Positioning System (GPS) to quantify tectonic deformation of the northwest Basin and Range province of the western United States. The results are based on GPS data collected in 1999 and 2003 across five new quasi-linear networks in northern Nevada, northeast California, and southeast Oregon. The velocities show 3 mm/yr westward movement of...

Tectonic inheritance at a continental margin

GSA Today: v. 16, no. 2, doi: 10.1130/1052-5173(2006)016<4:TIAACM>2.0.CO;2 INTRODUCTION Forty years ago, the eastern margin of North America inspired Tuzo Wilson (1966) to ask, “Did the Atlantic close and then re-open?” The Wilson cycle of closing and opening of ocean basins incorporates the cyclic assembly and breakup of supercontinents. Alternate processes of extension and compression of cont...