Korean tectonics · Clues in Hongseong rocks

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Korean tectonics · Clues in Hongseong rocks

Permian–Triassic metamorphic records and older protoliths · modern Hongseong

Interpretive rock and mineral-texture illustrations informed by research at Bibong in the Hongseong study area. Not photographs of actual samples, microscope images or a definitive tectonic section.

Metamorphic rocks at Bibong in the Hongseong study area offer clues to the Korean Peninsula’s tectonic past. Mineral textures and ages provide observations and measurements; linking them to East Asian collision belts involves competing interpretations.