Growth of continental crust in intra-oceanic and continental-margin arc systems: Analogs for Archean systems
Earth's continental crust has grown and been recycled throughout geologic history along
convergent plate margins. The main locus of continental crustal growth is in intra-oceanic …
convergent plate margins. The main locus of continental crustal growth is in intra-oceanic …
Arc-generated blocks with crustal sections in the North Atlantic craton of West Greenland: crustal growth in the Archean with modern analogues
BF Windley, AA Garde - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The ca. 700 km long, Archean craton of West Greenland consists of six Meso–Neoarchean
(ca. 3000–2720 Ma) shear zone—bounded crustal blocks that display similar cross-sections; …
(ca. 3000–2720 Ma) shear zone—bounded crustal blocks that display similar cross-sections; …
Carbonatites: related ore deposits, resources, footprint, and exploration methods
GJ Simandl, S Paradis - Applied Earth Science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Most carbonatites were emplaced in continental extensional settings and range in age from
Archean to recent. They commonly coexist with alkaline silicate igneous rocks, forming …
Archean to recent. They commonly coexist with alkaline silicate igneous rocks, forming …
Precambrian crustal evolution of Peninsular India: a 3.0 billion year odyssey
JG Meert, MK Pandit, VR Pradhan, J Banks… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Precambrian geologic history of Peninsular India covers nearly 3.0 billion years of time.
India is presently attached to the Eurasian continent although it remains (for now) a separate …
India is presently attached to the Eurasian continent although it remains (for now) a separate …
The genesis of Archaean chromitites from the Nuasahi and Sukinda massifs in the Singhbhum Craton, India
The chromitite deposits of the Nuasahi and Sukinda massifs are part of layered ultramafic
bodies which occur within Archaean low-grade metamorphic rocks of the Iron Ore Group …
bodies which occur within Archaean low-grade metamorphic rocks of the Iron Ore Group …
Plate tectonics, the Wilson Cycle, and mantle plumes: geodynamics from the top
K Burke - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2011 - annualreviews.org
By 1968, J. Tuzo Wilson had identified three basic elements of geodynamics: plate tectonics,
mantle plumes of deep origin, and the Wilson Cycle of ocean opening and closing, which …
mantle plumes of deep origin, and the Wilson Cycle of ocean opening and closing, which …
Chapter 3 the Archaean and Proterozoic history of Peninsular India: Tectonic framework for Precambrian sedimentary basins in India
JG Meert, MK Pandit - Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
The Precambrian geological history of Peninsular India covers nearly 3.0 Ga. The Peninsula
is an assembly of five different cratonic nuclei known as the Aravalli–Bundelkhand, Eastern …
is an assembly of five different cratonic nuclei known as the Aravalli–Bundelkhand, Eastern …
Compositional variations in the Mesoarchean chromites of the Nuggihalli schist belt, Western Dharwar Craton (India): potential parental melts and implications for …
The chromite deposits in the Archean Nuggihalli schist belt are part of a layered ultramafic–
mafic sequence within the Western Dharwar Craton of the Indian shield. The 3.1-Ga …
mafic sequence within the Western Dharwar Craton of the Indian shield. The 3.1-Ga …
Geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic Mt. Abu granitoids, NW India: Regional correlation and implications for Rodinia paleogeography
Abstract The∼ 125 km 2 Mt. Abu granitic pluton in Rajasthan, northwestern India, consists of
variably deformed, subsolvus, dominantly metaluminous, I-type, porphyritic hornblende …
variably deformed, subsolvus, dominantly metaluminous, I-type, porphyritic hornblende …
Carbonatites of India
P Krishnamurthy - Journal of the Geological Society of …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Based on the field relations, associated rock types and age, the carbonatite-alkaline rock
complexes of India, that are spatially related to deep main faults, rifts and shear zones, have …
complexes of India, that are spatially related to deep main faults, rifts and shear zones, have …