As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep inside the planet, hot rock began rising. Over time, this invisible force ...

(a) The Proto-Tethys tectonic domain in western China. (b) The Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain in eastern China. “Sub”, “Col”, “Exh”, and “P-co” denote subduction, collision, exhumation, and ...

In the context of the “Tethys one-way train” (long-term cyclical northward breakup-drifting of Gondwana continental fragments), increase in low-latitude continental area leads to the decrease in ...

In the center of present-day Romania, near the town of Hațeg, lies an extraordinary story—the story of a lost world, a ...