Frontiers in Earth Science | Structural Geology and Tectonics

Original Research

Accepted on 24 Apr 2025

Dating the Orosirian orogen-parallel shear zones in the western Khondalite Belt, North China Craton: New Constraints from monazite, titanite and apatite U-Pb ages

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Hengzhong Qiao
Miao Liu
Chencheng Dai
Shangjing Wu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1603597

Methods

Accepted on 18 Apr 2025

TYPE Original Research

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Huijuan Wang
Jinghua Zhang
Ping Wang
Yali Wang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1512722

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Original Research

Accepted on 18 Apr 2025

Structure and mineralization potentials of the southwestern part of Sokoto basin Nigeria

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Usman Magawata Zayyanu
Olasunkanmi Nurudeen Kolawole
Godwin Egbeyale Babatunde
Aliyu Saleh Babangida

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1500162

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Original Research

Accepted on 14 Apr 2025

Chicxulub Central Zone Structure and Stratigraphy -PEMEX Exploration Drilling Program

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi
Ligia Perez-Cruz
Axel Wittmann
José A Arz
Ignacio Arenillas
Long Xiao
Jiawei Zhao
Vicente Gilabert
Eduardo Salguero-Hernandez

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1550746

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Original Research

Published on 09 Apr 2025

Comparison of geological conditions and prospects of exploration potential of shale gas in upper permian Wujiaping formation and Longtan Formation, Sichuan Basin

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Manfei Chen
Jiajing Yang
Zhiyuan Lu
Ying Ming
Hua Wang
Siyu Chen
Wenjing Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1557328

493 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Feb 2025

Deep crustal composition and Late Paleozoic geotectonic evolution in West Junggar, China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Shenglin Xu
Weicui Ding
Feizhou Ma
Xuanhua Chen
Zhaogang Shao
Lele Han
Penghui Huang
Jianjie Shi
Xinru Yang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1465894

688 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jan 2025

A complete structural analysis of the FⅠ17 strike-slip fault and its hydrocarbon enrichment factors, Tarim basin, NW China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Shi Chen
Xinxin Liang
Xingguo Song
Yintao Zhang
Zhou Xie
Yuan Neng
Pengfei Kang
Jianxun Zhou

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1515685

609 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Dec 2024

Petrogenesis of the paleoproterozoic ultramafites in Wuchuan area, Inner Mongolia: implications for tectonic evolution

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Hao Hu
Dongyan Zhong
Zhiguang Zhou
Guosheng Wang
Shen Gao
Jianfeng Chen
Chenfei Feng

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1508394

698 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Dec 2024

Quantitative characterization of damage and the cross-scale evolution mechanism of soft rock under dry-wet cycles

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Ning Liang
Tao Jin
Dingli Su

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1466304

1,420 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Dec 2024

The geometry and evolution of the deeply buried structural wedge in the kuqa fold-and-thrust belt: insights from numerical simulation

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Weili Chen
Wei Wang
Jiaqi Zhao
Hongwei Yin
Fangjie Hu
Yong Zhang
Zhihao Li
Dong Jia
Chunbo Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1494093

2,976 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Nov 2024

Thermal and burial history of the axial Arcabuco-Floresta segment, Eastern Cordillera basin, Colombia: evidence from low-temperature thermochronology and numerical modelling

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

John Jairo Sandoval-Espinel
Leidy Carolina Sandoval-Espinel
Mauricio A. Bermúdez
Matthias Bernet
Barry Kohn
Sergio Amaya
Nicolas Villamizar-Escalante
Carlos Zuluaga

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1471172

1,399 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Nov 2024

Physical modelling of salt structural deformation in the Tajik Basin: insights into the formation of complex fold-and-thrust structures

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Yin Wei
Ji Zhifeng
Zhang Yiqiong
He Jinyou
Wang Xueke
Zhang Mingjun
Jiang Ren
Zheng Yue
Pan Ying

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1478591

1,493 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Nov 2024

Early paleozoic evolution of the South Bainaimiao Ocean: constraints from the Chegendalai ophiolite mélange

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Chenfei Feng
Guosheng Wang
Zhiguang Zhou
Shen Gao
Jianfeng Chen
Hao Hu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1487090

630 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Nov 2024

Analogue modelling of conjugate strike-slip faults

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Kunze Xiao
Hengmao Tong

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1493537

919 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Oct 2024

Geometry of large normal fault growth and linkage with temporal constraints: a case study on the Lanliao fault in Dongpu Sag, Bohai Bay basin, NE China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Han Xu
Liang Qiu
Dan-Ping Yan
Xin-Wen Wang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1407902

808 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Oct 2024

Relocation of earthquake clusters show seismogenic transverse structures in the Inner Northern Apennines (Italy)

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Lauretta Kaerger
Chiara Del Ventisette
Paola Vannucchi
Giancarlo Molli
Carolina Pagli
Derek Keir

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2024.1474036

1,211 views
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