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Mail Online (UK) – Long-lost tectonic ‘MEGA-PLATE’ is discovered after 160 million years: Incredible map reveals Pontus was once one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12610073/Long-lost-tectonic-MEGA-PLATE-discovered-160-million-years-Incredible-map-reveals-Pontus-one-quarter-size-Pacific-Ocean.html

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Guilmette, C., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Smit, M., Godet, A., Fournier-Roy, F., Butler, J., Maffione, M., Li, S. and Hodges, K., 2023, Formation of the Xigaze Metamorphic Sole under the Tibetan continental margin reveals generic characteristics of the subduction initiation process, Communications Earth & Environment 4: 339, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01007-w

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Jadie Sauerbier

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2024-Present PhD project: Paleogeographic control in intra-oceanic islands on modern biodiversity Supervisors: Lydian Boschman, Douwe van Hinsbergen 2023: MSc projects: “Tracing the Paleogene Caribbean forearc sliver to the southern Lesser Antilles” and “The Making of the Caribbean Plate in the … Continue reading →

Shihua Xu

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2023-Present Visiting PhD student: “Geological and tectonic history of the Xigaze forearc, southern Tibet” Teng is a PhD student at Institute of Continental Geodynamics of Nanjing University, China, who visited us as a CSC exchange student in 2023 and 2024. … Continue reading →