Understanding of secular evolution of the Earth system is based largely on the rock and
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …

Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) is distinguished from the majority of Archean
cratons in the world by its extensive records of late Neoarchean (2.6–2.5 Ga) mafic …

The early continental crust is characterized by the tonalite‐trondhjemite‐granodiorite
gneisses (TTG) of Archaean terrains. There is a consensus that TTGs were formed by partial …

Abstract The North China Craton (NCC), dominated by∼ 2.6–2.5 Ga tectonothermal events,
provides a natural laboratory to study Neoarchean crustal growth and geodynamic …

Abstract The 146 Sm-142 Nd systematics of Archean rocks have been extensively studied to
decipher chronological and compositional constraints on Hadean differentiation processes …

The conversion of Archean tectonic regimes from mantle plume to plate tectonic and the
mechanism of subduction initiation are two crucial issues in the current Earth sciences. A …

The Jiapigou granite-greenstone belt of Southern Jilin Province is located at the
northeastern margin of the North China Craton (NCC). The Neoarchean metavolcanic rocks …

Ophiolitic mélange is a significant geological component in ancient convergent plate
margins. Characterization of block and matrix types, their igneous, sedimentary and …

The ca. 2.5 Ga as the time boundary between the Archean and the Proterozoic eons is a
landmark, indicating the most important continental crust evolving stage of the Earth, that is …

Abstract Tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) rocks consitute the dominant felsic
lithology of the Archean crust in most cratons, but their petrogenesis and geodynamic setting …