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Recognition of ocean plate stratigraphy in accretionary orogens through Earth history: A record of 3.8 billion years of sea floor spreading, subduction, and accretion by Kusky, T.M., Windley, B.F., Safonova, I., Wakita, K., Wakabayashi, J., Polat, A., Santosh, M.

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Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution by Fritz, H., Abdelsalam, M., Ali, K.A., Bingen, B., Collins, A.S., Fowler, A.R., Ghebreab, W., Hauzenberger, C.A., Johnson, P.R., Kusky, T.M., Macey, P., Muhongo, S., Stern, R.J., Viola, G.

“…Condensed timetable of major geologic events in the East African Orogen. Opening of the Mozambique Ocean and formation of rift basins in Zambia, Malawi,…”
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U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the paragneisses of the Quanji Massif, NW China: Implications for its early tectonic evolutionary history by Chen, Nengsong, Zhang, Lu, Sun, Min, Wang, Qinyan, Kusky, T.M.

“…► The Quanji Massif is a cratonic fragment detached from the Tarim Craton. ► U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes are analyzed for detrital zircons from the Quanji…”
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Evolution of high-pressure mafic granulites and pelitic gneisses from NE Madagascar: Tectonic implications by Ishwar-Kumar, C., Sajeev, K., Windley, B.F., Kusky, T.M., Feng, P., Ratheesh-Kumar, R.T., Huang, Y., Zhang, Y., Jiang, X., Razakamanana, T., Yagi, K., Itaya, T.

“…The occurrence of high-pressure mafic–ultramafic bodies within major shear zones is one of the indicators of paleo-subduction. In mafic granulites of the…”
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Monthly variations of water masses in the East China Seas by Li, Guangxue, Han, Xinbin, Yue, Shuhong, Wen, Guoyi, Rongmin, Yang, Kusky, T.M.

“…A simple spiciness index parameter ( β) is proposed which accounts for the combined contribution of temperature ( T) and salinity ( S) to water density…”
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The Zunhua-Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange： Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton by KUSKY, T.M., LI, J.H., PLOAT, A., WANG, Junpeng, DENG, Hao, WANG, Lu

“…Sutures mark places once widely separated defined on the basis differences in the where oceans have closed and two terranes have collided. Sutures are of…”
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Role of fluvial and structural processes in the formation of the Wahiba Sands, Oman: A remote sensing perspective by Robinson, C.A., El-Baz, F., Kusky, T.M., Mainguet, M., Dumay, F., Al Suleimani, Z., Al Marjeby, A.

“…The Wahiba Sands in northeastern Oman are bordered on the north, south and west by highlands. Remote sensing data are used to characterize the region between…”
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Recognition of ocean plate stratigraphy in accretionary orogens through Earth history: A record of 3.8billion years of sea floor spreading, subduction, and accretion by Kusky, T.M., Windley, B.F., Safonova, I., Wakita, K., Wakabayashi, J., Polat, A., Santosh, M.

“…Ocean plate stratigraphy (OPS) is a term used to describe the sequence of sedimentary and volcanic rocks deposited on oceanic crust substratum from the time it…”
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Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents by Kusky, T.M., Polat, A., Windley, B.F., Burke, K.C., Dewey, J.F., Kidd, W.S.F., Maruyama, S., Wang, J.P., Deng, H., Wang, Z.S., Wang, C., Fu, D., Li, X.W., Peng, H.T.

“…Archean cratons have map patterns and rock associations that are diagnostic of the Wilson Cycle. The North China Craton (NCC) consists of several distinctly…”
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Geology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the Miaowan ophiolite, Yangtze craton: Implications for South China's amalgamation history with the Rodinian supercontinent by Peng, Songbai, Kusky, T.M., Jiang, X.F., Wang, L., Wang, J.P., Deng, H.

“…We report the presence of a Grenvillian ophiolite on the northern margin of the Yangtze craton, drastically changing current ideas about South China's role in…”
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Early Paleoproterozoic magmatism in the Quanji Massif, northeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and its tectonic significance: LA-ICPMS U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry by Gong, Songlin, Chen, Nengsong, Wang, Qinyan, Kusky, T.M., Wang, Lu, Zhang, Lu, Ba, Jin, Liao, Fanxi

“…The Quanji Massif is located on the north side of the Qaidam Block and is interpreted as an ancient cratonic remnant that was detached from the Tarim Craton…”
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Secular changes in geologic and tectonic processes by Kusky, T.M., Stern, R.J., Dewey, J.F.

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Note on the paper by Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde, Sanzhong Li, Min Sun, Matthew L. Grant and Xuping Li, 2007, “U–Pb zircon age constraints on the Dongwanzi ultramafic–mafic body, North China, confirm it is not an Archean ophiolite” by Kusky, T.M., Li, J.H.

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Structural and tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Feiran–Solaf metamorphic belt, Sinai Peninsula: implications for the closure of the Mozambique Ocean by El-Shafei, M.K, Kusky, T.M

“…The Feiran–Solaf metamorphic belt of the southern Sinai Peninsula consists predominantly of amphibolite facies metapelitic, arenaceous, and minor calcareous…”
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Tectonic implications of early silurian thrust imbrication of the northern exploits subzone, Central Newfoundland by Kusky, T.M., Kidd, W.S.F.

“…Central Newfoundland's Dunnage Zone contains a composite assemblage of island arc and oceanic rocks formed in the Paleozoic Iapetus Ocean. Two different and…”
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