The current state and surface conditions of the Earth and its twin planet Venus are drastically
different. Whether these differences are directly inherited from the earliest stages of …

The distribution of unconformities and end of Cenozoic rifting events in the South China
Seas (SCS) reflects both the modes of rift development, and the effects of driving …

The lower plate is the dominant agent in modern convergent margins characterized by
active subduction, as negatively buoyant oceanic lithosphere sinks into the asthenosphere …

Presented here are self‐consistent, three‐dimensional simulations of mantle convection,
some of which display an approximation of plate tectonic behavior that is continuous in …

Presenting a coherent synthesis of lithosphere studies, this book covers a range of
geophysical methods (seismic reflection, refraction, and receiver function methods; elastic …

The thermal evolution of magma oceans produced by collision with giant impactors late in
accretion is expected to depend on the composition and structure of the atmosphere through …

The Urey ratio describes the contribution of internal heat production to planetary‐scale
energy balance, and knowing this thermal budget for Earth is essential to understand its …

Volcanic and intrusive rocks with geochemical signatures typical of modern continental or
oceanic arcs are uncommon in the Archaean and the archetypal Archaean granite …

In the last decade, significant progress has been made toward understanding how plate
tectonics is generated from mantle dynamics. A primary goal of plate-generation studies has …

A major change in Earth's geodynamics occurred~ 3billionyears (Ga) ago, likely related to
the onset of modern and continuous plate tectonics. However, the question of how Earth …