Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

To understand how plate tectonics became Earth's dominant mode of convection, we need
to address three related problems.(i) What was Earth's tectonic regime before the present …

Concentration of gold to economic ore grades has been highly episodic through Earth's
history with different sedimentary, magmatic and hydrothermal processes having operated …

The Singhbhum craton in eastern India is underlain by Paleo-to Mesoarchean Tonalites-
Trondhjemites-Granodiorites (TTGs) and granites that formed in two pulses at 3.45–3.44 Ga …

Large igneous provinces and associated silicic magmatism can have a significant global
climatic effect, so we explored the relationship between the large igneous province record …

Laurentia is the craton that forms the Precambrian core of North America and was a major
continent throughout the majority of the Proterozoic following its amalgamation 1.8 billion …

The enigmatic nature of the Precambrian era poses ongoing challenges for researchers
seeking to uncover its secrets. With the exponential growth of scientific data, there exists a …

Abstract The Cariris Velhos event (ca. 1000-920 Ma) is a significant marker in the early
Neoproterozoic lithospheric record of the Borborema Province in NE Brazil. Despite its …

This paper reinterprets the past 2.5 billion years of Earth's tectonic history as four alternating
episodes when plate tectonics dominated and when it did not. Solar System exploration over …

Geologists have speculated when plate tectonics began since the dawn of that revolution,
with recent estimates ranging from the last 20% of Earth history to within the first 5%. All such …