One of the most contentious areas of Earth Science today is when, or whether or not modern-
style plate tectonics was in operation in the Archean Eon. In this review we present evidence …

Determining whether plate tectonics or some other mode of planetary dynamics operated in
the early Archean is one of the most contentious and debated areas of Earth Sciences today …

Mantle peridotites of ophiolites have traditionally been interpreted as fragments of residual
oceanic lithospheric mantle depleted by partial melting. However, recent petrological …

The evolution of the Neo-Tethys realm had a significant impact on the Phanerozoic
paleogeography of the Iran Plateau. However, there remains significant debate regarding …

A global compilation of structural, lithological, and geochemical data on a selection of
Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic magmatic complexes, interpreted as ophiolites, is …

Serpentinite plays a crucial role in element mobility during seawater hydrothermal alteration
of mid-ocean ridge peridotite on the seafloor and fluid metasomatism of peridotite in the …

A complex and chaotic assemblage of the north Croatian inselbergs, considered a
geological conundrum, is marked by omnipresent ophiolite mélange. This is a vestige of the …

Abstract The Coorg Block in southern India is one of the oldest crustal fragments on the
globe and is composed of Mesoarchean magmatic suites, dominantly charnockites, gabbros …

As one of the oldest crustal blocks in Southern Peninsular India, the Coorg Block has been
the focus of investigations related to crustal evolution in the early history of the Earth with …

The head of a mantle plume can weaken the oceanic lithosphere through the combined
action of its buoyancy forces and excess temperature, which eventually induces intra …