[HTML][HTML] Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth

RM Palin, M Santosh, W Cao, SS Li… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

Crustal melting and suprasolidus phase equilibria: From first principles to the state-of-the-art

T Johnson, C Yakymchuk, M Brown - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Partial melting is the fundamental process by which juvenile crust was produced from the
mantle and subsequently reworked to become the stable, compositionally-differentiated …

[HTML][HTML] Underplated melts control sulfide segregation at the continental crust-mantle transition

B Pieterek, R Tribuzio, M Matusiak-Małek… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Exposures of the Earth's crust-mantle transition are scarce, thus, limiting our knowledge
about the formation of subcontinental underplate cumulates, and their significance for metal …

The Ivrea-Verbano tectonic evolution: The role of the crust-mantle interactions in rifting localization

A Decarlis, A Zanetti, AC Ogunyele, A Ceriani… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work aims to review and discuss with new interpretations the tectonic evolution of the
Ivrea Verbano Zone (IVZ), to highlight how inheritance from previous orogenic cycles may …

Critical metal enrichment in crustal melts: The role of metamorphic mica

BE Kunz, CJ Warren, FE Jenner, NBW Harris… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Metals such as Li, Be, V, Co, Nb, In, Cs, Sn, Ta, and W are considered resources
that are critical for modern economies. They can be significantly enriched in granites and …

An extended Neoarchaean to Neoproterozoic history of the Sandmata Complex (Aravalli Craton, northwestern India): insights from metamorphic evolution and zircon …

S Ghosh, JK Tomson, N Prabhakar, H Sheth - Precambrian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sandmata Complex in the Aravalli Craton of northwestern India experienced
syn-to post-collisional high-grade metamorphism and migmatization related to the 1.9–1.7 …

Thorium zoning in monazite: A case study from the Ivrea–Verbano zone, NW Italy

MA Williams, DE Kelsey… - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metamorphism and partial melting of the lower crust is commonly assumed to cause
depletion in heat producing elements (HPEs; K, U, Th). In the deep crust, volumetrically …

[HTML][HTML] C–O–H fluid-melt-rock interaction in graphitic granulites and problems of quantifying carbon budget in the lower continental crust

BB Carvalho, O Bartoli, B Cesare - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Estimates on the geological carbon cycle are subject to large uncertainties that can be
reduced by thorough observation of rocks. In this contribution, we focus specifically on C–O …

A unique Paleoproterozoic HP–UHT metamorphic event recorded by the Bengbu mafic granulites in the southwestern Jiao–Liao–Ji Belt, North China Craton

J Cai, F Liu, C Liu - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wuhe Complex in the Bengbu area of the Jiao–Liao–Ji Belt, southeast North
China Craton, contains garnet-bearing mafic granulites that have undergone high-pressure …

Tectono-metamorphic evolution of a post-variscan mid-crustal shear zone in relation to the Tethyan rifting (Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Southern Alps)

M Simonetti, A Langone, M Bonazzi, S Corvò… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ivrea-Verbano Zone, in the Italian Southern Alps, samples a complete section
of middle to lower continental crust, which records the transition between the Variscan and …