The tectonic evolution of Archaean granite-greenstone terranes remains controversial. Here
this subject is reviewed and illustrated with new data from the Slave craton. These data …

The lower plate is the dominant agent in modern convergent margins characterized by
active subduction, as negatively buoyant oceanic lithosphere sinks into the asthenosphere …

The process that generated the continental crust has long been debated. One school argues
that, through most of geological time, the crust formed at convergent margins like most …

Abstract The Archean Pilbara Craton contains five geologically distinct terranes–the East
Pilbara, Karratha, Sholl, Regal and Kurrana Terranes–all of which are unconformably …

Volcanic and intrusive rocks with geochemical signatures typical of modern continental or
oceanic arcs are uncommon in the Archaean and the archetypal Archaean granite …

Strain varies systematically from weakly-developed, outward-dipping, S-tectonites in the∼
3320–3310±10 Ma Mount Edgar Batholith to intensely deformed, subvertical, L-tectonites in …

Models for the formation of the high-amplitude (minimum 15km), long wavelength (120km)
granitoid dome-and-greenstone syncline geometry of the Archaean East Pilbara Granite …

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 …

Over 4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from a molten ball to a cooler planet with large
continental plates, but how and when continents grew and plate tectonics started remain …

Archean granitic domes and intervening volcano-sedimentary basins are commonly
interpreted as the product of “sagduction”, a process involving the gravitational sinking of …