Lithospheric extension plays a pivotal role in governing the evolution of continents and the
birth of oceanic basins on Earth. Despite this, quantifying wide-mode lithospheric extension …

Studies of mantle xenoliths have confirmed that Archean subcontinental lithospheric mantle
(SCLM) is highly depleted in basaltic components (such as Al, Ca and Na) due to high …

Zircon megacrysts represent a late stage in the crystallisation of the magmas that produced
the low-Cr megacryst suite (Ol+ Opx+ Cpx+ Gnt+ Ilm+ Phl+ Zir) found in many kimberlites …

Melting experiments on fertile peridotite KR4003, a 'pyrolitic'composition, were made from 3
to 7 GPa in piston-cylinder and multi-anvil apparatus. Temperature gradients across the …

Sino-Korean Craton (SKC) in eastern China is an important natural laboratory for studying
temporal change to the lithosphere because there is the jutaxposition of Ordovician …

Mantle metasomatism is a relatively recent concept introduced in the early 1970s when
detailed studies of lithospheric mantle rock fragments (xenoliths), brought to the surface of in …

We present a new analysis of the lithospheric architecture of Africa, and its evolution from ca.
3.6 Ga to the present. Upper-lithosphere domains, generated or reworked in different time …

The composition of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) is broadly related to the
tectonothermal age of the overlying crust, suggesting a secular change in SCLM-forming …

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 …

This paper reports a new 1°× 1° global thermal model for the continental lithosphere (TC1).
Geotherms for continental terranes of different ages (> 3.6 Ga to present) constrained by …