Reconstructing Earth history during the Hadean defies the traditional rock-based approach
in geology. Given the extremely limited locality of Hadean zircons, some indirect approach …

The widespread presence of ribonucleic acid (RNA) catalysts and cofactors in the Earth′ s
biosphere today suggests that RNA was the first biopolymer to support Darwinian evolution …

An outstanding feature of the Archaean Eon is that it was a time of major production and
preservation of continental lithosphere. Here I review the geological, geochemical and basic …

Combined whole-rock, U–Pb zircon and monazite dating, in situ zircon (MC)-SF-ICP-MS Lu–
Hf-isotope data are reported for more than 20 Archaean granitoid samples to constrain …

The nature of Earth's first crust and the processes that formed it are poorly constrained due
to limited exposures of> 3.7 billion-year-old (Ga) rocks. Here we report the discovery of a …

Soon after their formation, the terrestrial planets experienced intense impact bombardment
by comets, leftover planetesimals from primary accretion, and asteroids. This temporal …

The geodynamic regime of the early Earth remains elusive, with so far proposed hypotheses
ranging from stagnant lid convection to rapid plate tectonics. Available geological data are …

The onset and rates of continental growth are first-order indicators of early Earth dynamics,
and whether substantial crust existed in the Hadean or much later has long been debated …

Mantle plumes originate at depths near the core− mantle boundary (~ 2,800 km). As such,
they provide invaluable information about the composition of the deep mantle and insight …

Abstract New Sm‐Nd, Lu‐Hf, Hf‐W, and Re‐Os isotope data, in combination with highly
siderophile element (HSE, including Re, Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, and Pd) and W abundances, are …