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Original Research

Published on 11 Nov 2021

Mesoscopic and Microscopic Magmatic Structures in the Quxu Batholith of the Gangdese Belt, Southern Tibet: Implications for Multiple Hybridization Processes

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Xuxuan Ma
Zhongbao Zhao
Wenrong Cao
He Huang
Fahui Xiong
Tarryn Cawood
Haibing Li

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.772374

4,128 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Nov 2021

Study on Unloading Relaxation Characteristics of Columnar Jointed Rock Masses Based on Displacement Back Analysis

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Jun Yu
Qiang Zhang
Weiya Xu
Rubin Wang
Han Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.779537

2,320 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 25 Oct 2021

Experimental Study on the Development Characteristics and Controlling Factors of Microscopic Organic Matter Pore and Fracture System in Shale

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Qin Zhang
Zaiyang Liu
Chang Liu
Xiaomin Zhu
Ronald J. Steel
Hanyun Tian
Kai Wang
Zeping Song

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.773960

2,636 views
8 citations

General Commentary

Published on 19 Oct 2021

Commentary: Deformation Pattern of the Northern Sector of the Malta Escarpment (Offshore SE Sicily, Italy): Fault Dimension, Slip Prediction, and Seismotectonic Implications

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Andrea Argnani

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.770364

1,499 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 13 Oct 2021

Revealing Geometry and Fault Interaction on a Complex Structural System Based on 3D P-Cable Data: The San Mateo and San Onofre Trends, Offshore Southern California

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

James J. Holmes
Hector Perea
Neal W. Driscoll
Graham M. Kent

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.653366

2,684 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Oct 2021

Rock Magnetism of Late Cretaceous to Middle Eocene Strata in the Lesser Himalaya, Western Nepal: Inferences Regarding the Paleoenvironment

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Dhan Bahadur Khatri
Weilin Zhang
Xiaomin Fang
Qingquan Meng
Tao Zhang
Dawen Zhang
Khum N. Paudayal

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.744063

3,879 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Oct 2021

Faulting and Folding of the Transgressive Surface Offshore Ventura Records Deformational Events in the Holocene

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Hector Perea
Gülsen Ucarkus
Neal Driscoll
Graham Kent
Yuval Levy
Thomas Rockwell

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.655339

3,591 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 23 Sep 2021

Discrete Element Modelling of Sedimentation and Tectonics: Implications for the Growth of Thrust Faults and Thrust Wedges in Space and Time, and the Interpretation of Syn-Tectonic (Growth) Strata

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Stuart Hardy
Nestor Cardozo

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.742204

5,772 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 14 Sep 2021

Staged Fracturing of Horizontal Wells in Continental Tight Sandstone Oil Reservoirs: A Case Study of Yanchang Formation in Western Ordos Basin, China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Dingxue Zhang
Yunfei Liu
Hui Luo
Shixue Cao
Jingxin Cao
Xiao Li

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.760976

3,940 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 14 Sep 2021

Late Jurassic Structural Deformation and Late Cenozoic Reactivation of the Southern Junggar Fold-And-Thrust Belt, NW China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Delong Ma
Jianying Yuan
Yanpeng Sun
Hongbin Wang
Dengfa He
Yanjun Wang
Shuxin Pan
Jian Cui

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.664092

2,967 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 10 Sep 2021

Sedimentary Provenance Changes Constrain the Eocene Initial Uplift of the Central Pamir, NW Tibetan Plateau

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Ping Wang
Dongliang Liu
Haibing Li
Marie-Luce Chevalier
Yadong Wang
Jiawei Pan
Yong Zheng
Chenglong Ge
Mingkun Bai
Shiguang Wang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.741194

4,688 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Sep 2021

Enhanced Quaternary Exhumation in the Central Three Rivers Region, Southeastern Tibet

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Xiaoming Shen
Yuntao Tian
Ying Wang
Lin Wu
Yingying Jia
Xiudang Tang
Haijia Lei
Xiaoping Yuan
Yukui Ge
Jing Liu-Zeng

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.741491

5,353 views
19 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Aug 2021

Effects of Salt Thickness on the Structural Deformation of Foreland Fold-and-Thrust Belt in the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin: Insights From Discrete Element Models

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Changsheng Li
Hongwei Yin
Zhenyun Wu
Peng Zhou
Wei Wang
Rong Ren
Shuwei Guan
Xiangyun Li
Haoyu Luo
Dong Jia

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.655173

4,700 views
15 citations

Editorial

Published on 23 Aug 2021

Editorial: Frontiers in Southeast Asian Geosciences

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Basilios Tsikouras
Satria Bijaksana
Yudi Rosandi

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.754238

2,187 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Aug 2021

Integrated Geophysical Evidence for the Middle-Lower Crust Melting of the Songpan-Aba Terrain, NE Tibetan Plateau

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Chongjin Zhao
Luolei Zhang
Peng Yu
Xi Xu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.752693

2,451 views
3 citations

Correction

Published on 18 Aug 2021

Corrigendum: Exploiting Thermochronology to Quantify Exhumation Histories and Patterns of Uplift Along the Margins of Tibet

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Kevin P. Furlong
Eric Kirby
C. Gabriel Creason
Peter J. J. Kamp
Ganqing Xu
Martin Danišík
Xuhua Shi
Kip V. Hodges

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.747231

1,537 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Aug 2021

Paleoearthquakes Constrained by Stratigraphic Sequences of Different Drainages Since Late Pleistocene: A Case Study Along the Gulang Fault, NE Tibetan Plateau

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Shumin Liang
Wenjun Zheng
Dongli Zhang
Gan Chen
Lei Duan
Jingjun Yang
Hui Peng
Xin Sun

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.723751

2,576 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Aug 2021

Active Faulting in Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland) Unraveled by Multi-Vintage Reflection Seismic Data

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

S.C. Fabbri
C. Affentranger
S. Krastel
K. Lindhorst
M. Wessels
Herfried Madritsch
R. Allenbach
M. Herwegh
S. Heuberger
U. Wielandt-Schuster

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.670532

6,305 views
16 citations

Original Research

Published on 10 Aug 2021

ANTASed – An Updated Sediment Model for Antarctica

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

A. Baranov
A. Morelli
A. Chuvaev

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.722699

4,568 views
22 citations

Editorial

Published on 10 Aug 2021

Editorial: Meso- and Microscopic Structures: Implications for Tectonics

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Tapas Kumar Biswal
Bernhard Grasemann
Sebastian Oriolo

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.747669

1,876 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Aug 2021

Late Mesozoic Intracontinental Deformation in the Northern Margin of the North China Craton: A Case Study From the Shangyi Basin, Northwestern Hebei Province, China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Qian Yang
Wei Shi
Guiting Hou
Yu Zhang
Yilin Zhao

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.710758

6,110 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Aug 2021

Thermal Structure Beneath the Tarim Craton and Its Tectonic Implications

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Xi Xu
Shengqing Xiong
Akiko Tanaka
Qiang Zheng
Xingtao Kuang
Xiaoying Zhu
Daoqing Zhou
Qifang Zheng
Jianhua Wan
Xuezhong Yu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.700114

3,927 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Aug 2021

Paleoseismological Findings at a New Trench Indicate the 1714 M8.1 Earthquake Ruptured the Main Frontal Thrust Over all the Bhutan Himalaya

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Yuqiu Zhao
Djordje Grujic
Santanu Baruah
Dawchu Drukpa
Joanne Elkadi
György Hetényi
Georgina E. King
Zoë K. Mildon
Nityam Nepal
Caroline Welte

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.689457

5,820 views
14 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Aug 2021

Structural Inheritance Controls Strain Distribution During Early Continental Rifting, Rukwa Rift

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Folarin Kolawole
Thomas B. Phillips
Estella A. Atekwana
Christopher A.-L. Jackson

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.707869

5,197 views
44 citations

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Mesoscopic and Microscopic Magmatic Structures in the Quxu Batholith of the Gangdese Belt, Southern Tibet: Implications for Multiple Hybridization Processes

Study on Unloading Relaxation Characteristics of Columnar Jointed Rock Masses Based on Displacement Back Analysis

Experimental Study on the Development Characteristics and Controlling Factors of Microscopic Organic Matter Pore and Fracture System in Shale

Commentary: Deformation Pattern of the Northern Sector of the Malta Escarpment (Offshore SE Sicily, Italy): Fault Dimension, Slip Prediction, and Seismotectonic Implications

Revealing Geometry and Fault Interaction on a Complex Structural System Based on 3D P-Cable Data: The San Mateo and San Onofre Trends, Offshore Southern California

Rock Magnetism of Late Cretaceous to Middle Eocene Strata in the Lesser Himalaya, Western Nepal: Inferences Regarding the Paleoenvironment

Faulting and Folding of the Transgressive Surface Offshore Ventura Records Deformational Events in the Holocene

Discrete Element Modelling of Sedimentation and Tectonics: Implications for the Growth of Thrust Faults and Thrust Wedges in Space and Time, and the Interpretation of Syn-Tectonic (Growth) Strata

Staged Fracturing of Horizontal Wells in Continental Tight Sandstone Oil Reservoirs: A Case Study of Yanchang Formation in Western Ordos Basin, China

Late Jurassic Structural Deformation and Late Cenozoic Reactivation of the Southern Junggar Fold-And-Thrust Belt, NW China

Sedimentary Provenance Changes Constrain the Eocene Initial Uplift of the Central Pamir, NW Tibetan Plateau

Enhanced Quaternary Exhumation in the Central Three Rivers Region, Southeastern Tibet

Effects of Salt Thickness on the Structural Deformation of Foreland Fold-and-Thrust Belt in the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin: Insights From Discrete Element Models

Editorial: Frontiers in Southeast Asian Geosciences

Integrated Geophysical Evidence for the Middle-Lower Crust Melting of the Songpan-Aba Terrain, NE Tibetan Plateau

Corrigendum: Exploiting Thermochronology to Quantify Exhumation Histories and Patterns of Uplift Along the Margins of Tibet

Paleoearthquakes Constrained by Stratigraphic Sequences of Different Drainages Since Late Pleistocene: A Case Study Along the Gulang Fault, NE Tibetan Plateau

Active Faulting in Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland) Unraveled by Multi-Vintage Reflection Seismic Data

ANTASed – An Updated Sediment Model for Antarctica

Editorial: Meso- and Microscopic Structures: Implications for Tectonics

Late Mesozoic Intracontinental Deformation in the Northern Margin of the North China Craton: A Case Study From the Shangyi Basin, Northwestern Hebei Province, China

Thermal Structure Beneath the Tarim Craton and Its Tectonic Implications

Paleoseismological Findings at a New Trench Indicate the 1714 M8.1 Earthquake Ruptured the Main Frontal Thrust Over all the Bhutan Himalaya

Structural Inheritance Controls Strain Distribution During Early Continental Rifting, Rukwa Rift