Abstract The Mesozoic Western Pacific subduction system significantly impacted the North
China and South China blocks along the East Asian continental margin and influenced the …

Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has been thinned from> 200 km to< 100 km in its
eastern part. The ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) has been replaced by …

The transport of water from subducting crust into the mantle is mainly dictated by the stability
of hydrous minerals in subduction zones. The thermal structure of subduction zones is a key …

There is no consensus on the processes responsible for near-coeval formation of Archaean
continental crust (dominantly tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite: TTG), greenstone belts …

Subduction drives plate tectonics and builds continental crust, and as such is one of the
most important processes for sha** the present-day Earth. Here we review both theory …

In the early 1980s, evidence that crustal rocks had reached temperatures> 1000° C at
normal lower crustal pressures while others had followed low thermal gradients to record …

The mechanisms of growth and destruction of continental lithosphere have been long
debated. We define and test a unifying plate tectonic driving mechanism that explains the …

Plate tectonics is a self-organizing global system driven by the negative buoyancy of the
thermal boundary layer resulting in subduction. Although the signature of plate tectonics is …

Volcanic and intrusive rocks with geochemical signatures typical of modern continental or
oceanic arcs are uncommon in the Archaean and the archetypal Archaean granite …

The Andes, the world's second highest orogenic belt, were generated by the Cenozoic
tectonic shortening of the South American plate margin overriding the subducting Nazca …