One of the most contentious areas of Earth Science today is when, or whether or not modern-
style plate tectonics was in operation in the Archean Eon. In this review we present evidence …

The generation, preservation and destruction of continental crust on Earth is of wide interest
in understanding the formation of continents, cratons and supercontinents as well as related …

Both geochemical and experimental petrological research indicate that Archaean
continental crust was generated by partial melting of an Archaean tholeiite transformed into …

The results of field, geochronologic, geochemical and isotopic studies are presented for the
granitoids that occur east of the Closepet batholith up to the Kolar schist belt (KSB). Field …

U–Pb geochronological, major and trace element and isotope geochemical data identify
crustal domains of contrasted petrological origins and histories in the lower crust of the …

We present combined field, structural data and spot image analysis, petrographic data, U–
Pb zircon ages, Nd isotopes and whole-rock geochemical data for the late Archaean granite …

Abstract The Dharwar Craton is a composite Archean cratonic collage that preserves
important records of crustal evolution on the early Earth. Here we present results from a …

I review geologic evidence for Archean plate tectonic processes within the framework of
geophysical, geochemical and experimental observations. For the Late Archean (2.5–3.0 …

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 …

This contribution emphasizes first-order structural and metamorphic characters of
Precambrian accretionary orogens to understand the kinematics and thermomechanical …