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A naturally constrained stress profile through the middle crust in an extensional terrane

scientific article published in March 2011

A revised thermal history of the Ronda peridotite, S. Spain: New evidence for excision during exhumation

scientific article published in May 2014

Brittle faults are weak, yet the ductile middle crust is strong: Implications for lithospheric mechanics

scientific article published on 28 November 2014

Budget of crustal shortening and subduction of continental crust in the Alps

scientific article published in April 1991

Building on firm foundations

scientific article published in Nature

Catastrophe theory: Application to the Permian mass extinction: Comments and reply: COMMENT

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Comment and Reply on "Exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic rocks"

article by John P. Platt & Kenneth Hsu published 1992 in Geology

Comment and Reply on ‘Emplacement of a fold-nappe, Betic orogen, southern Spain’: REPLY

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Constraints on early Franciscan subduction rates from 2-D thermal modeling

scientific article published in December 2011

Corrigendum to “Influence of shear heating on microstructurally defined plate boundary shear zones” [J. Struct. Geol. 79 (2015), 80–89]

scholarly article published in Journal of Structural Geology

Dating high-grade metamorphism—constraints from rare-earth elements in zircon and garnet

scientific article published on 14 January 2003

Decompression and high-temperature–low-pressure metamorphism in the exhumed floor of an extensional basin, Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean

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Deep structure of lithospheric fault zones

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Early Miocene continental subduction and rapid exhumation in the western Mediterranean

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Early Miocene high-temperature metamorphism and rapid exhumation in the Betic Cordillera (Spain): evidence from U–Pb zircon ages

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Emplacement of a fold-nappe, Betic orogen, southern Spain

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Evidence for active subduction beneath Gibraltar: Comment and Reply

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Exhumation of high-pressure rocks: a review of concepts and processes

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Exhumation of the Ronda peridotite and its crustal envelope: constraints from thermal modelling of a P-T-time array

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Extensional collapse of thickened continental lithosphere: A working hypothesis for the Alboran Sea and Gibraltar arc

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Extensional structures in anisotropic rocks

scientific article published in January 1980

Franciscan subduction off to a slow start: evidence from high-precision Lu–Hf garnet ages on high grade-blocks

scientific article published in August 2004

Grainsize evolution in ductile shear zones: Implications for strain localization and the strength of the lithosphere

scientific article published in April 2011

Influence of mantle dynamics on the topographic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau: Results from numerical modeling

scientific article published on 11 November 2006

Influence of shear heating on microstructurally defined plate boundary shear zones

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Internal structure of a collapsed terrain

Is the Vincent fault in southern California the Laramide subduction zone megathrust?

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Kinematic and thermal evolution during two-stage exhumation of a Mediterranean subduction complex

scientific article published in August 2012

Kinematics of a twisted core complex: Oblique axis rotation in an extended terrane (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain)

scientific article published in December 2004

Kinematics of rotating panels of E–W faults in the San Andreas system: what can we tell from geodesy?

scientific article published on 3 June 2013

Kinematics of the Alpine arc and the motion history of Adria

scientific article published in Nature

Large-scale sediment underplating in the Makran accretionary prism, southwest Pakistan

scholarly article by John P. Platt et al published 1985 in Geology

Late orogenic extension of the Betic Cordillera and the Alboran Domain: A lithospheric view

scientific article published in August 1995

Lithosphere structure underneath the Tibetan Plateau inferred from elevation, gravity and geoid anomalies

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Lithospheric shear zones as constant stress experiments

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Magmatism Associated with Orogenic Collapse of the Betic-Alboran Domain, SE Spain

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Metamorphic core complexes: windows into the mechanics and rheology of the crust

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

Natural and Experimental Constraints on a Flow Law for Dislocation‐Dominated Creep in Wet Quartz

scientific article published on 12 April 2021

Opposing shear senses in a subdetachment mylonite zone: Implications for core complex mechanics

scientific article published in August 2010

Origin of Franciscan blueschist-bearing melange at San Simeon, central California coast

scientific article published on 31 March 2014

Origin of the western Subbetic arc (South Spain): palaeomagnetic and structural evidence

scientific article published in June 1995

Persistent slip rate discrepancies in the eastern California (USA) shear zone: Comment

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Possible Strike-Slip Faulting in the Southern California Borderland

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Possible Strike-Slip Faulting in the Southern California Borderland: Reply

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Quartz grainsize evolution during dynamic recrystallization across a natural shear zone boundary

Reply to comment on "Quartz grainsize evolution during dynamic recrystallization across a natural shear zone boundary"

Rheological evolution of a Mediterranean subduction complex

scientific article published in September 2013

Rheological transitions in the middle crust: insights from Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes

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Rheology of two-phase systems: A microphysical and observational approach

Rheology, microstructure, and fabric in a large scale mantle shear zone, Ronda Peridotite, southern Spain

scientific article published in April 2015

Shear zone junctions: Of zippers and freeways

Simultaneous extensional exhumation across the Alboran Basin: Implications for the causes of late orogenic extension

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Slip vectors and fault mechanics in the Makran Accretionary Wedge, southwest Pakistan

scientific article published in 1988

Structural and rheological evolution of the Laramide subduction channel in southern California

scholarly article by Haoran Xia & John P. Platt published 30 March 2017 in Solid Earth

Structure, metamorphism, and geodynamic significance of the Catalina Schist terrane

scientific article published in 2020

Structures and fabrics in a crustal-scale shear zone, Betic Cordillera, SE Spain

scientific article published in January 1986

Subduction, accretion, and exhumation of coherent Franciscan blueschist-facies rocks, northern Coast Ranges, California

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The Betic-Rif Arc and Its Orogenic Hinterland: A Review

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

The Malaguide-Alpujarride boundary: a major extensional contact in the Internal Zone of the eastern Betic Cordillera, SE Spain

scientific article published in December 1995

The mechanics of continental transforms: An alternative approach with applications to the San Andreas system and the tectonics of California

scientific article published in October 2008

The ultimate arc: Differential displacement, oroclinal bending, and vertical axis rotation in the External Betic-Rif arc

scientific article published on 9 May 2003

Thermal evolution, rate of exhumation, and tectonic significance of metamorphic rocks from the floor of the Alboran extensional basin, western Mediterranean

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Timing of tectonic events in the Alpujárride Complex, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain

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Uncertainties in slip-rate estimates for the Mission Creek strand of the southern San Andreas fault at Biskra Palms Oasis, southern California

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Where is the real transform boundary in California?

scientific article published in June 2010

Why are there no clockwise rotations along the North Anatolian Fault Zone?

scientific article published on 10 November 1994

Zipper junctions: A new approach to the intersections of conjugate strike-slip faults

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