Tectonics

Papers
(The TQCC of Tectonics is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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A Newly Identified “Proto‐Kenting Mélange (S. Taiwan)” Represents a Missing Link for a Continuous Early Cretaceous Paleo–Pacific Subduction–Accretion System50
Paleolatitudinal Drift and Major Rotation of the Wrangellia Superterrane in the Mesozoic: A Signal of East‐Panthalassa Plate Motion?46
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New 40Ar/39Ar Dating and Paleomagnetism of the Pana Formation Rocks From the Linzhou Basin, Lhasa Block: Implications for the India‐Asia Collision34
Wide Versus Narrow Back‐Arc Rifting: Control of Subduction Velocity and Convective Back‐Arc Thinning31
Provenance Analysis of the Andrée Land Basin and Implications for the Paleogeography of Svalbard in the Devonian30
Reconstructing the Iberian Salt‐Bearing Rifted Margin of the Southern Pyrenees: Insights From the Organyà Basin29
Along‐Strike Variation in the Initiation Timing of the North‐Trending Rifts in Southern Tibet as Revealed From the Yadong‐Gulu Rift28
Differential Extrusion of Indochina‐South China Block and Its Interplay With Slab‐Pull Tectonics: Evidence for End‐Oligocene Basin Inversion in the Beibuwan Basin27
Kinematic Evolution of the Santa Bárbara System in the Foreland of the Central Andes of Northwestern Argentina (26°S)27
Detachment and Transfer Fault Systems in the Northern South China Sea, Insights Into 3D Tectonic Segmentation of Rifted Margins27
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Jurassic Evolution of the Dunhuang Basin and Its Implications for the Early History of the Altyn Tagh Fault, Northeast Tibet Plateau24
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Probabilistic Assessment of the Causes of Active Deformation in Greece, Western Anatolia, and the Balkans Using Finite Element Models22
Miocene Construction of the High Andes Recorded by Exhumation of the Frontal Cordillera, La Ramada Massif of Western Argentina (32°S)22
Depositional Characteristics and Tectonic Response in the Lunan and Mile Basins: U–Pb Zircon Dating and Magnetic Fabric Analysis21
Dating Low‐Grade Deformation: Role of Lithology and Strain Partitioning on Ar Isotope Records in the Alpi Apuane of Northern Apennines (Italy)21
Time Constraints on the Late Cenozoic Fault Evolution Along the Northern Margin of the Iranian Plateau in the Arabia‐Eurasia Collision Zone21
Slip Distribution Along the Chenghai Fault From Airborne LiDAR and Tectonic Implications for the 1515 Yongsheng Earthquake, China20
Active Shortening Simultaneous to Normal Faulting Based on GNSS, Geophysical, and Geological Data: The Seismogenic Ventas de Zafarraya Fault (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain)20
One Billion Years of Stability in the North American Midcontinent Following Two‐Stage Grenvillian Structural Inversion19
Multi‐Stage Growth in the North Margin of the Qinling Orogen, Central China, Revealed by Both Low‐Temperature Thermochronology and River Profile Inversion19
Basal Décollement Splaying Induces Mid‐Crustal Tectonic Imbrication in an Intracontinental Orogen19
Discovery of the William's Ridge and Rig Seismic Seamount Microcontinents, Kerguelen Plateau: Signatures of a Fragmented Rifted Margin19
Oligocene/Early Miocene E/W‐Shortening in the Oman Mountains Related to Oblique Arabia‐India Convergence18
Crustal Stresses in the East Arctic Region From New Data on Earthquake Focal Mechanisms18
Surface Uplift and Topographic Rejuvenation of a Tectonically Inactive Range: Insights From the Anti‐Atlas and the Siroua Massif (Morocco)18
Zircon Geochronology and Provenance Constraints on the Amdo‐Southern Qiangtang Collision in the Tibetan Plateau, China18
Late Miocene Exhumation of the Western Cordillera, Ecuador, Driven by Increased Coupling Between the Subducting Carnegie Ridge and the South American Continent18
Reactivation of the Alpine Nappe Stack During the Late‐Orogenic Collapse of the Peloponnese (Greece)18
Magmatic, Metamorphic and Structural History of the Variscan Lizard Ophiolite and Metamorphic Sole, Cornwall, UK17
Initiation of Continental Rifting by Flexure Over a Density Anomaly17
Structural Architecture and Attenuation of the Ductile Lower Plate of the Ruby Mountain‐East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeast Nevada17
The 3D Crustal Structure in the Epicentral Region of the 1980, Mw 6.9, Southern Apennines Earthquake (Southern Italy): New Constraints From the Integration of Seismic Exploration Dat17
Eocene to Quaternary Deformation of the Southern Puna Plateau: Thermochronology, Geochronology, and Structural Geology of an Andean Hinterland Basin (NW Argentina)17
Cretaceous Evolution of the Northeastern Asian Continent: Insights From the Pikou Strike‐Slip Fault Zone of the Liaodong Peninsula, NE China17
Fast Liquiñe‐Ofqui Fault Slip Rates and Rapid Uplift Above the Subducted Chile Ridge17
Quantifying the Structure and Extension Rate of the Linfen Basin, Shanxi Rift System Since the Latest Miocene: Implications for Continental Magma‐Poor Rifting17
Suture Reactivation, Slip Partitioning, and a Protracted Strike‐Slip Rate Gradient in the Denali Fault System, Southern Alaska, USA17
The Influence of Basement Terranes on Tectonic Deformation: Joint Earthquake Travel‐Time and Ambient Noise Tomography of the Southern South Island, New Zealand17
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Decoding the Link Between Magmatic Cyclicity and Episodic Variation of Tectonics and Crustal Thickness in the Overriding Plate17
Late Cretaceous to Late Eocene Exhumation in the Nima Area, Central Tibet: Implications for Development of Low Relief Topography of the Tibetan Plateau16
The Tectono‐Thermal Evolution of Western Norway – New Insights From Low‐Temperature Thermochronology16
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Constraining Displacement Magnitude on Crustal‐Scale Extensional Faults Using Thermochronology Combined With Flexural‐Kinematic and Thermal‐Kinematic Modeling: An Example From the Teton Fault, Wyoming16
Active Fault Interaction in the Eastern Betic Cordillera: A Model of Coseismic and Postseismic Stress Transfer Following Historical Earthquakes in SE Spain16
Crustal‐Scale Duplex Development During Accretion of the Jiuxi Foreland Basin, North Qilian Shan15
Refined Tectonic Evolution of the Betic‐Rif Orogen Through Integrated 3‐D Microstructural Analysis and Sm‐Nd Dating of Garnet Porphyroblasts15
Earthquake Relocations Delineate a Discrete Fault Network and Deformation Corridor Throughout Southeast Alaska and Southwest Yukon15
The Effect of Brittle‐Ductile Weakening on the Formation of Faulting Patterns at Mid‐Ocean Ridges15
Breaking the Ring of Fire: How Ridge Collision, Slab Age, and Convergence Rate Narrowed and Terminated the Antarctic Continental Arc15
Slab Tear of Subducted Indian Lithosphere Beneath the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis Region15
Lower Crustal Rheology Controls Strain Partitioning and Mode of Intracontinental Deformation15
Tectono‐Geomorphic Features Related to the 1606 Jianshui Earthquake in the Southernmost Segment of the Xiaojiang Fault System, SE Tibet15
Reinterpretation of Marine Magnetic Anomalies in the Bay of Bengal: Implications for Plate Tectonics During the Mid‐Cretaceous15
Consequences of Continental Core Complexes on Rifting Patterns: Insights From Multichannel Seismic Data From the Northern Margin of the South China Sea15
Geophysical Evidence for Magmatism Southwest of the Brothers Islands, Northern Red Sea (Offshore Quseir, Egypt)15
Salt Diapirs and Minibasins Along a Transect Across the Basque‐Cantabrian Pyrenees: Implications for Cover‐Basement Interaction During Rifting and Inversion15
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Differential Uplift Triggered Basin‐And‐Range System: Evidence From Low‐Temperature Thermochronology in Eastern NE Asia14
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Upper Cretaceous–Paleocene Magnetostratigraphy of the Longmenshan Foreland Basin and Its Implications for the Tectonic Deformation of the Longmenshan Fault Zone14
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A Quintessential Strike‐Slip Contractional Duplex: Deciphering the Geometric Kinematics of the Elashan Fault, NE Margin of Tibetan Plateau, China14
Bending the Sierra Madre Oriental: A Paleocene Orocline14
Tectono‐Stratigraphic Insights on the Dynamics of a Complex Subduction Zone, Northern Peruvian Forearc14
Crustal Architecture and Low‐Temperature Geochronology of an Apparent Cycladic Tectonic Window (NE Attica, Greece): Insights Into Imbrication in Subduction Settings14
Bimodal Structural Evolution of the Mantle Lithosphere and Crust During Continental Shortening: Development of the Eurekan Orogen14
Repeated Structural Reworking in the Basement of the Central Colombian Andes Unraveled by a Multi‐Chronometric Approach14
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Morphometric Evidence for Cenozoic Intraplate Reactivation in NW Uruguay13
A Reappraisal of Nappe Structures and Strain Patterns in the Core of the Variscan Orogen (French Massif Central)13
Quantification of Pacific Plate Hotspot Tracks Since 80 Ma13
Paleomagnetic Study of the Late Miocene Volcanic Sequence in Sonora, Mexico: Clockwise Vertical Axis Rotation Related to the Oblique Rifting in the Pacific‐North American Plate Boundary13
New Constraints on the Late Oligocene‐Miocene Thermo‐Tectonic Evolution of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau From Low‐Temperature Thermochronology13
Depth of Ancient Seismicity Along the Woodroffe Thrust (Central Australia): Constraints From Pseudotachylytes in Peraluminous Gneisses13
Shattered Veins Elucidate Brittle Creep Processes in the Deep Slow Slip and Tremor Region13
Superimposed Deformation of Sub‐Salt Rift Basins in Fold‐Thrust Belts: Insights From Analog Modeling13
Thermochronological Evidence for Eocene Deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Linking Orogenesis Along the Patagonian Orocline13
Miocene North‐Directed Thrusting Along the Great Counter Thrust in Southeastern Tibet: Implications for Indian Lithosphere Underthrusting13
Episodic Long‐Term Exhumation of the Tianshan Orogenic Belt: New Insights From Multiple Low‐Temperature Thermochronometers13
Boundary Effects of Orogenic Plateaus in the Evolution of the Stress Field: The Southern Puna Study Case (26°30′–27°30′S)13
Reconnaissance Basement Geology and Tectonics of North Zealandia12
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Present‐Day Caribbean‐North American Oblique Convergence Through the Ocoa‐Bonao‐La Guacara Fault Zone, Southern Central Hispaniola: A Transition Zone Between Oceanic Subduction and Arc‐Oceanic Plateau12
Erosion‐Driven Isostatic Flow and Crustal Diapirism: Analytical and Numerical Models With Implications for the Evolution of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, Southern Tibet12
Building the Albanides by Deep Underplating12
Cold Tectonics of Kos, Central Dodecanese: Oligocene Bivergent Extension of the Pelagonian Domain12
U‐Pb Zircon Geochronology From the Northern Cordillera, Central Yukon, With Implications for Its Tectonic Assembly12
Metamorphic Domes in Northern Tunisia: Exhuming the Roots of Nappe Belts by Widespread Post‐Subduction Delamination in the Western Mediterranean12
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The Onset of Gondwanide Orogeny in Eastern Australia: Insight From the Provenance of Syn‐Orogenic Strata in the New England Orogen (Australia)12
Structural Data and Thermometry Indicate That the Tso Morari UHP Nappe (Indian Himalaya) Was Emplaced as a Large‐Scale, Structurally Coherent Sheet12
Diachronous Quaternary Development of the Jiayuguan Fault and Implications for Strain Compartmentalization and Modern Earthquake Hazards in the NW Hexi Corridor, China12
Lithosphere Architecture Along the Axis of the Subducting Aseismic Nazca Ridge (Peruvian Active Margin)12
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Paleomagnetism of the Peloritan Terrane (NE Sicily): From Greater Iberia to the Neo Apennine‐Maghrebide Arc11
Low‐Temperature Thermochronology for Defining the Tectonic Controls on Heterogeneous Gold Endowment Across the Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern China11
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Crustal‐Scale Disharmonic Structural Pattern of West Junggar: Unveiling a Permian Indentation of Junggar Block Into Northern Kazakhstan Orocline11
Southwestern Tian Shan: 1. Deformation of Cenozoic Intra‐Montane Basins and Intervening Basement Ranges in Front of the Indian Mantle Indenter11
Thermochronology of the Western Alps (Pelvoux Massif) Reveals the Longterm Multiphase Tectonic History of the European Paleomargin11
Coseismic and Postseismic Fault Kinematics of the July 22, 2020, Nima (Tibet) Ms6.6 Earthquake: Implications of the Forming Mechanism of the Active N‐S‐Trending Grabens in Qiangtang, Tibet11
Assembly and Tectonic Evolution of Continental Lower Crust: Monazite Petrochronology of the Ivrea‐Verbano Zone (Val Strona di Omegna)11
Detachment Faulting and Mantle Exhumation Beneath an Allochthonous Carbonate Cover: Insights From the Gouffre Georges (Lherz Massif, Pyrenees, France)11
Development of Foreland Intracratonic Plateaus (Ozark Plateau and Appalachian Plateaus): A Consequence of Topographic Inversion Due To Erosion of Adjacent Fold‐Thrust Belts11
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Two Phases of Crustal Shortening in Northeastern Tibet as a Result of a Stronger Qaidam Lithosphere During the Cenozoic India–Asia Collision11
All Aligned on the Western Front of North America? Analyzing the Stress Field in the Northern Cordillera11
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Relating Quartz Crystallographic Preferred Orientation Intensity to Finite Strain Magnitude in the Northern Snake Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada: A New Tool for Characterizing Strain Patterns 11
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Exhuming an Accretionary Prism: A Case Study of the Kodiak Accretionary Complex, Alaska, USA10
Provenance Variation and Tectonic Evolution of the Vindhyan Basin in North‐Central India: Implications on Proterozoic Supercontinent Cycles10
Classification and Semiquantitative Evaluation of Paleoearthquake Identification From Trenches on Normal Faults: A Case Study of Holocene Paleoearthquake Events From the Northern Margin of the Hetao B10
Structural and Geochronological Constraints on the Collision Between the Chinese Altai and the West Junggar in Central Asia: Implication for Deformation Response and Geodynamic Evolution of Arc‐Arc Co10
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Structure of the NE Oman Mountains: A Review of Robust Geochronological Constraints for Tectonic Models of Ophiolite Obduction and Continental Subduction10
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The Magmatic Rifting of Santos Basin: Aeromagnetic Mapping of Dykes, Terranes and Marginal Structures and the Interplay Between Tectonism and Volcanism10
Structural Evolution, Exhumation Rates, and Rheology of the European Crust During Alpine Collision: Constraints From the Rotondo Granite—Gotthard Nappe10
An Evolving Lithospheric‐Scale Wrench Fault System Along the Eastern End of the Altyn Tagh Fault: Kinematics and Quaternary Activity of the Heishan Fault System, Western China10
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From Left Slip to Transpression: Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the North Altyn Fault, NW Margin of the Tibetan Plateau10
Mid‐Cretaceous Exhumation of the Central Qiangtang Mountain Range Metamorphic Rocks as Evidenced by the Abushan Continental Redbeds10
Prolonged Slip on the South Tibetan Detachment Constrains Tectonic Models for Synorogenic Extension in the Central Himalaya10
Evidence of Strain Accumulation and Coupling Variation in the Himachal Region of NW Himalaya From Short Term Geodetic Measurements10
Controls on the Geometry and Evolution of Salt Tectonic Structures Along Salt‐Bearing Passive Margins10
Crustal‐Scale Seismic Reflection Profiling Constrains How the Paleo‐Asian Ocean Was Closed10
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Timing, Thrusting Mode, and Negative Inversion Along the Circeo Thrust, Apennines, Italy: How the Accretion‐To‐Extension Transition Operated During Slab Rollback10
Limited Northward Expansion of the Tibetan Plateau in the Late Cenozoic: Insights From the Cherchen Fault in the Southeastern Tarim Basin9
Records of Magmatism and Erosion Found in Wedge‐Top Strata of the Eocene Anta Formation in the Central Andes of Southern Peru9
Deciphering Permanent Uplift Along the Pacific Coast of South America Through Signal Analysis of Various Tectonic Processes9
Cenozoic Kinematic Evolution of the Northern Tibetan Plateau: Implication for the Tectonic Setting of Deep Brines Mineralization in the Southwestern Qaidam Basin9
Late‐Syn‐ to Post‐Rift Salt Tectonics on Wide Rifted Margins—Insights From Geodynamic Modeling9
A New Tectonic Model for the Contact Relationships of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Domains in the Principal Cordillera, Central Chile (33°–34°S)9
Direct Evidence for Dextral Shearing in the Shanxi Graben System: Geologic and Geomorphologic Constraints From the North Liulengshan Fault9
Exhumation of an Ultrahigh‐Pressure Slice From the Upper Plate of the Caledonian Orogen—A Record From Titanite in North‐East Greenland9
Calcite Marbles as Records of Episodic Deformation During Exhumation of High‐Pressure Rocks (Syros Island, Aegean Region)9
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Tectonic Stresses During the High Atlas Cenozoic Basin Inversion: Impact of Plate Kinematics and Structural Inheritance9
Sedimentological Evidence for Pre‐Early Permian Continental Subduction in the Dabie Orogen, Central‐East China9
Localization of Deformation in a Non‐Collisional Subduction Orogen: The Roles of Dip Geometry and Plate Strength on the Evolution of the Broken Andean Foreland, Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina9
A Cenozoic Shift From Extensional to Strike‐Slip Tectonics in the Central Mediterranean Sea9
Lake Level Changes and Holocene Extension Rate Across the NS‐Trending Peiku Co‐Gyirong Faults, Southern Tibet9
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Investigating the Last Millennium Coulomb Stress Transfer in the Central Apennine Fault System (CAFS)9
Insights of Active Extension Within a Collisional Orogen From GNSS (Central Betic Cordillera, S Spain)9
Middle Miocene Onset of the Litang Fault System Records Kinematic Change in Eastern Tibet9
Polarity and Timing of the Deformation Along the Jinsha Suture Zone (Yushu Area, Northeastern Tibet)9
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Cenozoic Crustal Shortening and Structural Transition in the NW Yunnan Basin Region, SE Tibetan Plateau9
Active Faulting in the Southern Bole Basin Within the Northern Tian Shan and Implications for Strong Earthquake Hazards and Tectonic Deformation, NW China9
The Thinnest Crust in South China Associated With the Cretaceous Lithospheric Extension: Evidence From SINOPROBE Seismic Reflection Profiling9
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Active Crustal Deformation Across a Nucleating Extensional Microplate, D. R. Congo, East Africa8
Multiple Reactivations of the Rennick Graben Fault System (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica): New Evidence From Paleostress Analysis8
Evolution of Arc‐Continent Collision in the Southeastern Margin of the South China Sea: Insight From the Isugod Basin in Central‐Southern Palawan8
Thermo‐Kinematic Constraints on Restoration of the Eastern Sichuan Fold‐And‐Thrust Belt, South China8
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The Initiation and Growth of Transpressional Shear Zones Through Continental Arc Lithosphere, Southwest New Zealand8
Lithospheric Relaxation During Slab Window Formation: Evidence From Earthquake Focal Mechanism Analysis in Southern Patagonia8
The Manantiales Basin, Southern Central Andes (∼32°S), Preserves a Record of Late Eocene–Miocene Episodic Growth of an East‐Vergent Orogenic Wedge8
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Deformation Sequence and Paleofluids in Carbonate Buckle Folds Under Transpression (Pag Anticline, External Dinarides, Croatia)8
Active Block Tectonics and Intracontinental Deformation Within the India‐Eurasia Oblique Convergence Zone8
Assembly of the Variscan Orogenic Wedge in the Bohemian Massif: Monazite U‐Pb Geochronology of the Tectonic Events Recorded in Saxothuringian Metasediments8
Vertical Deformation Along a Strike‐Slip Plate Boundary: The Uplifted Marine Terraces of the Gulf of Aqaba and Tiran Island, at the Southern End of the Dead Sea Fault8
Continental Deep Subduction Versus Subduction Cessation: The Fate of Collisional Orogens8
Devonian to Early Carboniferous Retreating—Advancing Subduction Switch in the Northwestern Patagonia Accretionary Orogen: U‐Pb and Lu‐Hf Isotopic Insights8
The Tectonostratigraphic Expression of Slab Breakoff in Foreland Basins: Insights From 2D Forward Stratigraphic Modeling8
Strain Localization Patterns and Thrust Propagation in 3‐D Discrete Element Method (DEM) Models of Accretionary Wedges8
On the Timescales of Border Fault Growth: Pleistocene Slip Acceleration and Lateral Border Fault Propagation in the Lower Shire Graben, East Africa8
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Deep Structure of Siletzia in the Puget Lowland: Imaging an Obducted Plateau and Accretionary Thrust Belt With Potential Fields8
Late Triassic to Jurassic Magmatic and Tectonic Evolution of the Intermontane Terranes in Yukon, Northern Canadian Cordillera: Transition From Arc to Syn‐Collisional Magmatism and Post‐Collisional Lit8
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Pliocene to Holocene Deformation and Earthquake Potential of the Mesamávida Fault, West Andean Thrust System of Central‐Southern Chile (36°S)8
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