Metamorphic testing has been applied in various systems from different domains. Many studies showed that the selection of metamorphic relations greatly affected the effectiveness of metamorphic testing. However, these studies mainly focused on the fault-detection effectiveness. They did not consider the cost that metamorphic relations involved, such as the number of test inputs. Good metamorphi...

Abstract Accurate lithostratigraphy framework of the Central Qilian belt is key to understand subduction-collision Proto-Tethyan Ocean in NE Tibetan Plateau. The Dongchagou and Moshigou formations share similar detrital zircon age populations with youngest peak at ca. 1.15–1.21 Ga, which consistent granitoid gneiss Liujiatai Formation. In combination rock assemblages, metamorphic facies, associ...

In orogenic belts, a basal décollement zone often develops at depth to accommodate the shortening due to folding and thrusting of the sedimentary cover. In the Early Mesozoic intracontinental Xuefengshan Belt of South China, such a décollement zone is exposed in the core of anticlines formed by the emplacement of the late-orogenic granitic plutons. The detailed, multi-scale structural analysis ...

Gold in the Ariab district (Red Sea Hills, Sudan) is mined gossans developed over volcanogenic massive sulphide (VHMS) deposits formed context of a Tonian ensimatic arc Haiya terrane, Neoproterozoic Arabo-Nubian Shield. All primary gold occurrences belt, whatever their style (VHMS-, quartz lode- or shear-zone-hosted), appear, however, to have been syn-to late-kinematic, i.e., final Pan-African ...