The evolving nature of terrestrial crust from the Hadean, through the Archaean, into the Proterozoic

BS Kamber - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
An outstanding feature of the Archaean Eon is that it was a time of major production and
preservation of continental lithosphere. Here I review the geological, geochemical and basic …

Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

MJ Van Kranendonk, RH Smithies… - Geological Society …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
How and when continents grew and plate tectonics started on Earth remain poorly
constrained. Most researchers apply the modern plate tectonic paradigm to problems of …

Contrasting crustal evolution processes in the Dharwar craton: insights from detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopes

PJ Lancaster, S Dey, CD Storey, A Mitra, RK Bhunia - Gondwana Research, 2015 - Elsevier
New in situ U–Pb-Hf analyses of detrital zircons from across the Archaean Dharwar craton
indicate significant juvenile crustal extraction events at~ 3.3 and 2.7 Ga, and continuous …

Zircon ages and Nd–Hf isotopes in UHT granulites of the Ider Complex: a cratonic terrane within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NW Mongolia

A Kröner, VP Kovach, IK Kozakov, T Kirnozova… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ider Complex of the Tarbagatai Block in northwestern Mongolia is part of a
Precambrian microcontinental terrane in the Central Asian Orogen Belt and has …

The reliability of∼ 2.9 Ga old Witwatersrand banded iron formations (South Africa) as archives for Mesoarchean seawater: Evidence from REE and Nd isotope …

S Viehmann, M Bau, AJB Smith, NJ Beukes… - Journal of African Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pure marine chemical sediments, such as (Banded) Iron Formations,(B) IFs, are archives of
geochemical proxies for the composition of Precambrian seawater and may provide …

Archaean granulite-facies paragneisses from central Swaziland: inferences on Palaeoarchaean crustal reworking and a complex metamorphic history

N Suhr, JE Hoffmann, A Kröner… - Journal of the Geological …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
We present a petrographic, petrological, geochemical, and geochronological study (U–
Pb/Lu–Hf) on granulite-facies paragneisses of the Mahamba Gneiss Complex in central …

Early Differentiation and Its Long‐Term Consequences for Earth Evolution

RW Carlson, M Boyet, J O'Neil, H Rizo… - The Early Earth …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter examines the evidence for the nature and timing of differentiation processes
that occurred during Earth formation through to the point in Earth history when it can be …

Palaeoarchaean felsic magmatism: A melt inclusion study of 3.45 Ga old rhyolites from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

A Agangi, A Hofmann, VS Kamenetsky, PZ Vroon - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
The 3.45 Ga old felsic volcanic rocks from the Barberton Greenstone Belt of southern Africa
include a submarine succession of felsic lavas and volcaniclastic rocks and shallow …

[图书][B] The early Earth: Accretion and differentiation

J Badro, MJ Walter - 2015 - books.google.com
The Early Earth: Accretion and Differentiation provides a multidisciplinary overview of the
state of the art in understanding the formation and primordial evolution of the Earth. The …