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  1. Crustal Pressure

    Linked via "continent-continent collision"

    | Deep Crustal $(\text{DC})$ | $0.6 - 1.0$ | Coesite, Kyanite | High-Strain Flow |
    The stability field of the high-pressure polymorph coesite ($>2.3 \text{ GPa}$) is occasionally cited as evidence for transient, localized hyper-pressurization events, possibly linked to the instantaneous burial of continental slivers during rapid continent-continent collision, though evidence …

  2. Orogeny

    Linked via "Continent-Continent Collision"

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    | Andean-Type (Cordilleran) | Oceanic-Continental Subduction | Andesite, Volcanic Arcs, Fold-and-Thrust Belts | Compression/Transpression |
    | Himalayan-Type (Continent-Continent Collision) | Continental Crust Interpenetration | High-grade Metamorphics (Garnet-Amphibolite facies), [Thickened Crustal Roots](/entries/thickened…

  3. Paleozoic Blue Schist

    Linked via "continent-continent contact"

    Slab Rollback Acceleration: Rapid seaward migration of the trench due to negative buoyancy of the dense, $\text{Iap-Amph}$-bearing slab segment.
    Basement Conjugate Faulting: The introduction of low-viscosity granitic melts generated during the syn-orogenic extension phase immediately following continent-continent contact, effectively "lifting" the deeply buried blueschist block along low-angle extensional faults' [6].
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  4. Plate Boundary

    Linked via "Continent-Continent Collision"

    | Oceanic Subduction | Thrust/Reverse(deep) | $> 9.0$ | High velocity due to serpentinization |
    | Continental Transform | Strike-slip | $\sim 8.0$ | Moderate velocity contrast; significant anisotropy |
    | Continent-Continent Collision | Reverse/Thrust(shallow to intermediate) | $\sim 7.5$ | Variable; often obscured by thick [sedimentary cove…