Secular evolution of continents and the Earth system

PA Cawood, P Chowdhury, JA Mulder… - Reviews of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[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 …

Plate tectonics and the Archean Earth

M Brown, T Johnson, NJ Gardiner - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
If we accept that a critical condition for plate tectonics is the creation and maintenance of a
global network of narrow boundaries separating multiple plates, then to argue for plate …

Crustal melting and suprasolidus phase equilibria: From first principles to the state-of-the-art

T Johnson, C Yakymchuk, M Brown - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Partial melting is the fundamental process by which juvenile crust was produced from the
mantle and subsequently reworked to become the stable, compositionally-differentiated …

Diversification of Archean tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite suites in a mushy middle crust

J Kendrick, M Duguet, C Yakymchuk - Geology, 2022‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suites are the dominant component of
Earth's first continents, but their origins are debated. The trace element concentrations of …

Lu–Hf, Sm–Nd, and U–Pb isotopic coupling and decoupling in apatite

J Gillespie, CL Kirkland, PD Kinny, A Simpson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Apatite is a useful geochronological tool due to its common occurrence and incorporation of
a variety of radioactive parent isotopes during crystallisation. However, an understanding of …

Widespread reworking of Hadean-to-Eoarchean continents during Earth's thermal peak

CL Kirkland, MIH Hartnady, M Barham… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The nature and evolution of Earth's crust during the Hadean and Eoarchean is largely
unknown owing to a paucity of material preserved from this period. However, clues may be …

[HTML][HTML] Garnet fractionation, progressive melt loss and bulk composition variations in anatectic metabasites: Complications for interpreting the geodynamic …

J Kendrick, C Yakymchuk - Geoscience Frontiers, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suites constitute a large proportion of the
Archean geological record; however, the geodynamic processes that generated them, and …

Building and reworking of Archean continental crust in the nucleus of the Yangtze Craton: Constraint from 3.4 Ga and 2.94 Ga granitoid gneisses in the Southern …

Q Han, S Peng, J Zi, H Peng, X Jiang - Precambrian Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The TTG gneisses, a dominant lithological assemblage within Archean cratonic provinces,
provide a window into the early evolution of the continental crust. The Kongling complex in …

Differentiating between inherited and autocrystic zircon in granitoids

HKH Olierook, CL Kirkland, K Szilas… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Inherited zircon, crystals that did not form in situ from their host magma but were
incorporated from either the source region or assimilated from the wall-rock, is common but …