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 …

Structurally hosted lode gold-bearing quartz vein systems in metamorphic terranes possess
many characteristics in common, spatially and through time; they constitute a single class of …

Ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphism is the most thermally extreme form of regional
crustal metamorphism, with temperatures exceeding 900° C. UHT crustal metamorphism is …

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation
structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and …

A metamorphic devolatilization model can explain the enrichment, segregation, timing,
distribution and character of many goldfields such as those found in Archean greenstone …

In order to provide additional constraints on models for partial melting of common
metasediments, we have studied experimentally the melting of a natural metapelite under …

This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate
tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new …

The basement rocks in the eastern zone of the North China craton are composed
predominantly of pretectonic tonalitic-trondhjemitic-granodioritic gneisses and syntectonic …

Simple thermal models based on the creation and cooling of the lithosphere can account for
the observed subsidence of the ocean floor and the measured decreased in heat flow with …

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the
evolution and interaction through time of Earth's crust, mantle, core, atmosphere …