New publication in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

Weller, O., Mottram, C., St-Onge, M., Möller, C., Strachan, R., Rivers, T, Copley, C. 2021. The metamorphic and magmatic record of collisional orogens. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

A review paper about mountain belts of Himalaya-type, of different ages and in different parts of the Earth, including the Scandinavian Caledonides and the Sveconorwegian Province in Sweden and Norway. Himalaya-type mountain belts form when two continental plates collide (the Euroasian and Indian plates in the case of the Himalaya) and the crust thickens up to 80 km.

Link to the article: https://rdcu.be/czMvx

Figures:

Upper image: Evening panorama of the snow capped Himalayan peaks. Photo from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evening_Panorama_Large.jpg

Left rock: Eclogite, formed by metamorphism at very high pressures deep inside mountain belts, is composed of red garnet and green pyroxene. Svartberget, Molde, Norway, Scandinavian Caledonides. Photo: C. Möller.

Right rock: Kyanite-rich aggregate in eclogite. Ammås, Halland, Sveconorwegian Province. Photo: C. Möller.