Formation of Archean (3600–2500 Ma) continental crust in the Dharwar Craton, southern India

M Jayananda, M Santosh, KR Aadhiseshan - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The generation, preservation and destruction of continental crust on Earth is of wide interest
in understanding the formation of continents, cratons and supercontinents as well as related …

Multi-stage crustal growth and Neoarchean geodynamics in the Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India

M Jayananda, KR Aadhiseshan, MA Kusiak… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dharwar Craton is a composite Archean cratonic collage that preserves
important records of crustal evolution on the early Earth. Here we present results from a …

Origin of the oldest (3600–3200 Ma) cratonic core in the Western Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications for evolving tectonics of the Archean Earth

M Jayananda, M Guitreau, KR Aadhiseshan… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This contribution presents a comprehensive synthesis on the origin of oldest (3600–3200
Ma) cratonic core in the Western Dharwar Craton (WDC), Southern India based our new …

[HTML][HTML] Neoarchean granite-greenstone belts and related ore mineralization in the North China Craton: an overview

L Tang, M Santosh - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
Tectonic processes involving amalgamations of microblocks along zones of ocean closure
represented by granite-greenstone belts (GGB) were fundamental in building the Earth's …

The komatiite testimony to ancient mantle heterogeneity

IS Puchtel, J Blichert-Toft, MF Horan, M Touboul… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Komatiites are crystallized samples of high-temperature, high-MgO lavas that were common
during the Archean, but became increasingly rarer in the Proterozoic and Phanerozoic …

The 142Nd/144Nd variations in mantle-derived rocks provide constraints on the stirring rate of the mantle from the Hadean to the present

E Hyung, SB Jacobsen - Proceedings of the National …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Early silicate differentiation events for the terrestrial planets can be traced with the short-
lived 146Sm-142Nd system (∼ 100-My half-life). Resulting early Earth-produced …

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 …

Geochemistry and SmNd isotope systematics of mafic-ultramafic rocks from the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for …

PK Singh, SK Verma, JA Moreno, VK Singh… - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
The Paleoarchean geodynamical evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton is discussed based
on the geochemistry (major, trace and rare earth elements) and Sm single bond Nd isotope …

[HTML][HTML] Formation of Paleo-to Meso-Archean continental crust in the western Dharwar Craton, India: Constraints from UPb zircon ages and Hf-Pb-Sr isotopes of …

A Ravindran, K Mezger, S Balakrishnan, J Berndt… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The combination of Usingle bondPb zircon ages with Hf-Sr-Pb isotopes of different intrusive
and extrusive felsic and sedimentary rocks provides constraints on the petrogenetic …

Mantle heterogeneity and crust-mantle interaction in the Singhbhum craton, India: new evidence from 3340 Ma komatiites

P Bachhar, D Saha, M Santosh, HD Liu, S Kwon… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Singhbhum Craton in eastern India preserves the records of Paleoarchean-
Mesoarchean oceanic crust dominated by ultramafic-mafic extrusive rocks (greenstones) …