Subduction initiation is one of the main unsolved issues in plate tectonics theory with
different proposed mechanisms. In the arc (plateau, terrane)-continent collision models, a …

Plate tectonics is the governing theory that unifies the Earth Sciences and is unique to Earth.
The sinking of lithosphere in subduction zones drives plate tectonics but exactly how and …

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

Non-arc basalts of Archean and Proterozoic age have model primary magmas that exhibit
mantle potential temperatures TP that increase from 1350° C at the present to a maximum …

Two geochemical proxies are particularly important for the identification and classification of
oceanic basalts: the Th–Nb proxy for crustal input and hence for demonstrating an oceanic …

The strong resilience of the mineral zircon and its ability to host a wealth of isotopic
information make it the best deep-time archive of Earth's continental crust. Zircon is found in …

The magmatic components of continental Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) include flood
basalts and their plumbing system of giant mafic dyke swarms (radiating, linear, and the …

We report the occurrences of the remnants of a Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau,
encompassing an area of~ 2× 10 5 km 2 in central Tibet. The plateau remnants include large …

Earth history is punctuated by events during which large volumes of mafic magmas were
generated and emplaced by processes distinct from “normal” seafloor spreading and …

The formation of cratonic mantle peridotite of Archean age is examined within the time frame
of Earth's thermal history, and how it was expressed by temporal variations in magma and …