... the current understanding of magma-poor ocean–continent transitions. The WIM is the continental rifted margin marking the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. From north to south, the margin can be divided into three main segments ( Fig. 1 ): (i) the Galicia margin; (ii) the Iberia Abyssal Plain and (iii...

..., demonstrated a rapid transition from the continental breakup to the formation of an igneous oceanic crust without serpentinite exhumation on the ocean side of the continent–ocean transition zone [ 2 ]. This would suggest that the mechanism to open up the SCS along the Eurasian continental plate edge differs...

... Russia and Tsushima Island (Japan), and the other containing haplotypes from Korea, China, and Taiwan. The M. sibirica population on Tsushima Island is likely a relict from the continental Russian population. Eurasian Continent Japanese endemic mammals Japanese islands species divergence 16...

... included α_max, which had been found to be the preference strength ultimately reached by evolution in a two-island phenotype matching model (Servedio 2011 ). Although it does not have this property in the continent-island model, it did have some effect of note when we allowed the continental...

... to act as a sphincter-type mechanism around the efferent limb to provide continence. ¹² Unfortunately, this design only provided continence in a small minority of patients. Kock's initial, albeit unsuccessful, modification to overcome the problem of incontinence was to create...

... classify the Lena Trough as an ocean–continent transition boundary. Magmatism similar to that observed in the Lena Trough would be expected to occur wherever ocean spreading initiates. major and trace elements Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopes ultraslow-spreading ridge low-degree melt Arctic Ocean MORB ocean...

.... rosenbergii Sulawesi 0 1 53 53 Sum 3340 65 1246 4586 Our aim in this study is to examine whether insular and continental owls differ in plumage, size and shape because ecological conditions prevailing on islands are different from those on continents. However, owls on islands and continents can...

... an ancient ocean–continent transition zone, exposed in the Eastern Central Alps (SE Switzerland, Northern Italy), which is more or less perpendicular to the inferred (paleo-) spreading direction. We show that some peridotites close to the continental margin are predominantly subcontinental in origin...

... determination. This approximation is inappropriate in SW Iberia, where sources are located in the oceanic domain, and receivers in the continental domain: crustal structure varies dramatically along ray paths, with large-scale heterogeneities, of low (deep sedimentary basins) or high (shallow oceanic mantle...

... ; Borges et al. 2001 ; Stich et al. 2003 ; Carrilho et al. 2004 ). Deformation is distributed over an increasingly large area that can reach a N—S width of 300 km near the continental margin of Iberia ( Chen & Grimison 1989 ). In this section, seismicity is scattered, most...

...-8505, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] 1 4 2006 19 2 2006 © 2006 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research 2006 Abstract Background: We reviewed our experience with orthotopic continent urinary reconstruction after radical cystectomy to assess the feasibility of Studer ileal...

.... The presence of a propagator could explain the observed spreading asymmetry with the northern flank of the Sheba ridge being wider than the southern one. Gulf of Aden kinematic evolution ocean–continent transition passive continental margin seafloor spreading segmentation Passive margins show a wide...

... continent later than Late Cretaceous. This rotation is ascribed to post-Late Cretaceous extension that affected the continental basins (the Middle Amur, Sanjiang, Razdolnian, Amur-Zeya and Songliao basins) of the northeast Chinese Plain along the eastern margin of the Mongolia block. Contemporaneous...

... zones in the continent of China and its significance for the tectonics of the region. We consider three types of CMTZ associated with the following three different areas: the Tibet Plateau, East China and tectonic stable regions (i.e. continental platform or shield areas) such as in Ordos and Sichun...

... of the Asian continent as a result of its Cenozoic collision with the Indian subcontinent have been well documented (e.g. Tapponnier et al. 1982 ; Houseman & England 1986 ; Replumaz & Tapponnier 2003 ), various modes of crustal deformation with a local to continental scale are also...

... they are characterized by the main features of the transform margin (e.g. a very short continent–ocean transition zone), which are masked in the 99200 profile by later spreading processes. The continental structure is similar for all the models except for the high P-wave velocities below the Moho boundary...

... margins Gulf of Aden ocean–continent transition plate divergence rifted margin seafloor spreading Non-volcanic passive margins are usually described in three different domains (e.g. Boillot et. al. 1988 ), namely (1) the continental domain, where the basement is structured in a series...

... represents a unique natural laboratory for addressing the processes of the breakup of continents and their impact on the natural environment. Significant progress in studying the spreading ridge/continental margin intersection in the Laptev Sea has been achieved over the past ten years. New geophysical...

... lithosphere. The large-scale deformation of entire continents can be detected from a comparison of palaeomagnetic directions from either margin and regional deformation is inferred from the difference in contemporary palaeomagnetic directions by comparison of the continental margin and the interior...

... the velocity structure of 50–170 Myr Atlantic oceanic crust ( White . 1984 , 1992 ). On the other hand, ESP 203 was located at the boundary between the continental crust and the ocean–continent transition zone ( Pascal . 1993 ). This transition zone is about 150 km wide and is characterized by lower crust...