Multiple records of oceanward accretion/growth and landward erosion/denudation of orogenic belts have been preserved in various minerals, rocks, and mountains. Decoding these records from Earth materials is one of the most fundamental but rather critical approaches to reveal physical phenomenon of Earth's history. In this session we seek contributions focusing on the processes related to continental collision orogens, subduction zones and related metamorphic belts, and the testing of such material via petrological, geochemical, and geochronological modeling. The session also aims at exchanging ideas among geoscientists applying different approaches on problems of variant scale from mineral grains to mountain ranges. New works with novel or interdisciplinary techniques are especially welcome.