Archaean greenstone belts and associated granitic rocks–a review

CR Anhaeusser - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Archaean greenstone belts and associated granitic rocks comprise some of the most diverse
rock types on the Earth's surface and were formed during the early stages of the …

Geological archive of the onset of plate tectonics

PA Cawood, CJ Hawkesworth… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plate tectonics, involving a globally linked system of lateral motion of rigid surface plates, is
a characteristic feature of our planet, but estimates of how long it has been the modus …

Earliest life on earth: evidence from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

M Homann - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Studies investigating the structure and diversity of Earth's record of life older than 3.2 Ga are
restricted to two locations worldwide in which sedimentary rocks have escaped regional …

Microbial life and biogeochemical cycling on land 3,220 million years ago

M Homann, P Sansjofre, M Van Zuilen, C Heubeck… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The colonization of emergent continental landmass by microbial life was an evolutionary
step of paramount importance in Earth history. Here we report direct fossil evidence for life …

Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

MJ Van Kranendonk, RH Smithies… - Geological Society …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
How and when continents grew and plate tectonics started on Earth remain poorly
constrained. Most researchers apply the modern plate tectonic paradigm to problems of …

[图书][B] Iron geochemistry: an isotopic perspective

C Johnson, B Beard, S Weyer - 2020 - Springer
Iron is a remarkable element in its relatively high abundance for its mass and its sensitivity to
(and control of) redox on a planetary scale over geologic time. Numerous volumes have …

Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa)

M Homann, C Heubeck, A Airo, MM Tice - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Microbial life was well established and widespread by the Paleoarchean; however, the
degree of evolutionary advancement such as microbial motility, intra-and inter-species …

Felsic crust development in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: A reference sample collection to investigate a billion years of geological history

JF Moyen, AJ McCoy-West, E Bruand, MA Millet… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The crust of the Kaapvaal craton accreted throughout the Archaean over nearly 1 billion
years. It provides a unique example of the various geological processes that shape Earth's …

Post-depositional REE mobility in a Paleoarchean banded iron formation revealed by La-Ce geochronology: A cautionary tale for signals of ancient oxygenation

P Bonnand, SV Lalonde, M Boyet, C Heubeck… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Precambrian banded iron formations (BIF) are chemical sedimentary deposits whose trace
element signatures have been widely used to interrogate the chemical composition and …

Just another drip: Re-analysis of a proposed Mesoarchean suture from the Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa

MJ Van Kranendonk, A Kröner, JE Hoffmann… - Precambrian …, 2014 - Elsevier
Structural analysis of a proposed Mesoarchean suture located immediately to the southwest
of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa–known as the Inyoni Shear Zone (ISZ) …