From the scant Hadean records of the Jack Hills to Cenozoic supervolcanoes, the
continental crust provides a synoptic view deep into Earth history. However, the information …

Abstract The Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia represents one of the largest pieces of
Precambrian crust on Earth, and a key repository of information on the Meso-Neoarchean …

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

As a consequence of secular cooling of the Earth, there is generally no modern analog to
assist in understanding the tectonic style that may have operated in the Archean. Higher …

The formation of the continental crust in the early Earth, and the geodynamics that drove it,
are fundamental to understanding the evolution of our planet, but remain intensely debated …

When did plate tectonics begin on Earth, and what preceded it? Published thermo-
mechanical mantle evolution models imply that the early history of planets with a …

The crust of the Kaapvaal craton accreted throughout the Archaean over nearly 1 billion
years. It provides a unique example of the various geological processes that shape Earth's …

Archaean crustal growth models remain contentious. Isotopically distinct crustal domains in
the Superior Craton have been interpreted as exotic terranes, which has bolstered models of …

The petrogenesis of contemporary igneous and metamorphic rocks is commonly explained
by plate tectonics, but how far back in time does this relationship hold? Here we investigate …

The Neoarchean is an important era during which plate tectonics began to operate widely
on Earth. The style of plate tectonics in the Neoarchean should be different but poorly …