Ophiolite complexes preserved along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone (YTSZ) and obducted onto the northern continental margin of India in southern Tibet represent the remnants of the once extensive Permian–Mesozoic Neo-Tethyan ...

Lophelia pertusa is a widespread colonial cold-water coral which can form large three-dimensional habitats for benthic communities. Although it is known to construct an aragonite skeleton with optically opaque and translucent ...

Thermal annealing followed by acid etching of zircon (chemical abrasion or CA) can be successfully utilised to minimize or eliminate the effects of major and cryptic Pb-loss for SIMS U?Pb zircon dating. The procedure is ...