Defining the age of the Moon has proven to be an elusive task because it requires reliably
dating lunar samples using radiometric isotopic systems that record fractionation of parent …

Compositional models of the Earth are critically dependent on three main sources of
information: the seismic profile of the Earth and its interpretation, comparisons between …

This contribution presents a comprehensive synthesis on the origin of oldest (3600–3200
Ma) cratonic core in the Western Dharwar Craton (WDC), Southern India based our new …

Melting experiments on fertile peridotite KR4003, a 'pyrolitic'composition, were made from 3
to 7 GPa in piston-cylinder and multi-anvil apparatus. Temperature gradients across the …

Birimian terranes from West Africa (Mauritania, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger)
comprise two major units: a dominantly mafic bimodal volcanic unit and a volcano‐detrital …

Amphibolite blocks frequently occur in association with grey gneisses within a small area
near the villages of Caozhuang and Huangbaiyu in eastern Hebei. They are interpreted as …

Electron microprobe results are reported for liquid and crystalline phases that were
synthesized at 5–22.5 GPa in multianvil experiments on anhydrous peridotite KLB‐1 [Zhang …

The granulite gneisses and their retrograded products of the Qianxi Group from eastern
Hebei Province, China, have been investigated for their isotope and trace element …

The main framework for crustal evolution of the late Archean Taishan Complex in the
Shandong Province of China is constructed using data from field investigation, petrographic …

With the growing recognition during the last two centuries that the Earth has an immense
age and processes over long periods of time have changed the morphology and …