Secular evolution of continents and the Earth system

PA Cawood, P Chowdhury, JA Mulder… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding of secular evolution of the Earth system is based largely on the rock and
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …

Evolution of the Singhbhum Craton and supracrustal provinces from age, isotopic and chemical constraints

HKH Olierook, C Clark, SM Reddy, R Mazumder… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Singhbhum Craton and supracrustal provinces in eastern India are one of a
few Precambrian terranes that record protracted sedimentation and magmatism spanning …

Magmatic thickening of crust in non–plate tectonic settings initiated the subaerial rise of Earth's first continents 3.3 to 3.2 billion years ago

P Chowdhury, JA Mulder, PA Cawood… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
When and how Earth's earliest continents—the cratons—first emerged above the oceans (ie,
emersion) remain uncertain. Here, we analyze a craton-wide record of Paleo-to …

The Archaean geological history of the Singhbhum Craton, India–a proposal for a consistent framework of craton evolution

A Hofmann, J Jodder, H Xie, R Bolhar… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Singhbhum Craton of East India has a remarkably well-preserved Archaean
geological record that rivals those of the Kaapvaal and Pilbara cratons. Based on a critical …

Formation of Paleoarchean-Mesoarchean Na-rich (TTG) and K-rich granitoid crust of the Singhbhum craton, eastern India: constraints from major and trace element …

D Upadhyay, S Chattopadhyay, K Mezger - Precambrian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Singhbhum craton in eastern India is underlain by Paleo-to Mesoarchean Tonalites-
Trondhjemites-Granodiorites (TTGs) and granites that formed in two pulses at 3.45–3.44 Ga …

A review of Hadean to Neoarchean crust generation in the Singhbhum Craton, India and possible connection with Pilbara Craton, Australia: The geochronological …

T Chaudhuri - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Precambrian Singhbhum Craton (SC) of the Eastern India holds a prolonged
record of sporadic crust generation and evolution starting from as ancient as the Hadean till …

Detrital zircon evidence for change in geodynamic regime of continental crust formation 3.7–3.6 billion years ago

S Ranjan, D Upadhyay, KL Pruseth… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
The nature of the early terrestrial crust and how it evolved through time remains highly
controversial. Whether conventional plate tectonics operated in the Hadean and early …

Formation of early Archean Granite-Greenstone Terranes from a globally chondritic mantle: Insights from igneous rocks of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

A Petersson, AIS Kemp, CM Gray, MJ Whitehouse - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The continental crust grows via juvenile additions from the mantle. However, the timing of
initial continent stabilisation and the rate of subsequent continental growth during the first …

Time-space evolution of an ancient continent, a window to changing crustal architecture: Insights from granitoids of Singhbhum Craton, eastern India

A Mitra, S Dey, P Das, K Zong, Y Liu, A Mitra… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Archean cratons display spatial and temporal changes in the composition and thickness of
the crust, which has important implications for intracrustal differentiation, attainment of long …

Eoarchean to Neoarchean crustal evolution of the Western Dharwar Craton, southern India: Clues from U-Pb-Hf isotope composition of detrital zircon

S Ranjan, D Upadhyay, C Srikantappa - Precambrian Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we use the U-Pb-Hf isotope composition of detrital zircon in metasedimentary
rocks from the Western Dharwar Craton to identify older crusts, their nature, source, timing of …