[HTML][HTML] Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth

RM Palin, M Santosh, W Cao, SS Li… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Archaean tectonic systems: A view from igneous rocks

JF Moyen, O Laurent - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
This work examines the global distribution of Archaean and modern igneous rock's
compositions, without relying on preconceptions about the link between rock compositions …

Geological archive of the onset of plate tectonics

PA Cawood, CJ Hawkesworth… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plate tectonics, involving a globally linked system of lateral motion of rigid surface plates, is
a characteristic feature of our planet, but estimates of how long it has been the modus …

Metamorphism and the evolution of plate tectonics

RM Holder, DR Viete, M Brown, TE Johnson - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Earth's mantle convection, which facilitates planetary heat loss, is manifested at the surface
as present-day plate tectonics. When plate tectonics emerged and how it has evolved …

Origin, accretion, and reworking of continents

R Zhu, G Zhao, W ** of mineral phases by electron probe micro-analyser
P Lanari, A Vho, T Bovay, L Airaghi… - Geological Society …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
Compositional map** has greatly impacted mineralogical and petrological studies over
the past half-century with increasing use of the electron probe micro-analyser. Many …

Record of modern-style plate tectonics in the Palaeoproterozoic Trans-Hudson orogen

OM Weller, MR St-Onge - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Trans-Hudson orogen of North America is a circa 1,800 million year old, middle
Palaeoproterozoic continental collisional belt. The orogen may represent an ancient …