The formation and preservation of cratons—the oldest parts of the continents, comprising
over 60 per cent of the continental landmass—remains an enduring problem. Key to craton …

The continental crust is unique to the Earth in the solar system, and controversies remain
regarding its origin, accretion and reworking of continents. The plate tectonics theory has …

摘要华北岩石圈减薄是近十年来国内外研究的热门课题, 但关于岩石圈减薄的具体时间,
减薄幅度, 空间分布范围, 机制及其构造控制因素, 多有争论. 本文对上述问题进行了全面的回顾 …

This textbook is a complete rewrite, and expansion of Hugh Rollinson's highly successful
1993 book Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation. Rollinson and …

A survey is given of the dimensions and composition of the present continental crust. The
abundances of immobile elements in sedimentary rocks are used to establish upper crustal …

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 …

Camiguin is a small volcanic island located 12 km north of Mindanao Island in southern
Philippines. The island consists of four volcanic centers which have erupted basaltic to …

The continental crust has an andesitic bulk composition, which cannot have been produced
by the basaltic magmatism that dominates sites of present-day crustal growth—at both …

Basalts and mantle peridotites of mid-ocean ridges are thought to sample Earth's upper
mantle. Osmium isotopes of abyssal peridotites uniquely preserve melt extraction events …

Ubiquitous heterogeneity in the Earth's mantle has been documented by numerous
chemical and isotopic analyses of oceanic basalts. Despite the ever-increasing amount of …