The North China Craton (NCC) was originally formed by the amalgamation of the eastern
and western blocks along an orogenic belt at∼ 1.9 Ga. After cratonization, the NCC was …

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 …

Supercontinents signify self-organization in plate tectonics. Over the past~ 2 billion years,
three major supercontinents have been identified, with increasing age: Pangaea, Rodinia …

The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

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

The end of the Archean aeon (3.0–2.5 Ga) was a period of fundamental change in many
aspects of the geological record. In Archean cratons, this timespan is marked by a …

Both geochemical and experimental petrological research indicate that Archaean
continental crust was generated by partial melting of an Archaean tholeiite transformed into …

A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised
second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of …

▪ Abstract Seismic anisotropy beneath continents is analyzed from shear-wave splitting
recorded at more than 300 continental seismic stations. Anisotropy is found to be a …

▪ Abstract The Re-Os isotope sytem, based on the long-lived β− transition of 187Re to
187Os, has matured to wide use in cosmochemistry and high-temperature geochemistry …