The structural analysis of large intracontinental wrench faults is fundamental for deciphering the long-term evolution continental crust in complex areas terms their geodynamic and large-scale crustal block displacements. In this contribution, we demonstrate a pre-Miocene dextral activity present-day left-lateral Great Kavir - Doruneh Fault System (GKDFS, Central Iran), one major active strike-...

In the Western Alps, while many P–T constraints are available for high-grade units, dataset low-grade units located along westernmost edge of belt remains scarcer and incomplete. To face these uncertainties, we quantify first time metamorphic peak conditions Marguareis Unit, a fragment European margin (Briançonnais Domain) regarded till now as very-low-grade unit, exposed boundary between Marit...

A large number of polished stone implements from Palaeolithic to Bronze Age sites of Northern Italy and Southern France are made of high-pressure (HP) metamorphic rocks (eclogite and related rocks), mainly consisting of Na-pyroxene (jadeite to omphacite) from the metamorphic belt of the Western Alps. The standard archaeometric study of prehistoric stone implements follows a procedure that is in...

The processes leading to the assembly of Rodinia supercontinent through Grenvillian collisional orogeny are relatively well known. In contrast, accretionary orogenic occurring at periphery following poorly understood. To fill this gap, we have identified metamorphic rocks in Mongolia collage Central Asian Orogenic Belt, where numerous data testify for Meso- Neoproterozoic magmatic reworking. te...