One of the most contentious areas of Earth Science today is when, or whether or not modern-
style plate tectonics was in operation in the Archean Eon. In this review we present evidence …

TTGs (tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite) are one of the archetypical lithologies of
Archaean cratons. Since their original description in the 1970s, they have been the subject …

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 …

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 …

Both geochemical and experimental petrological research indicate that Archaean
continental crust was generated by partial melting of an Archaean tholeiite transformed into …

There is no consensus on the processes responsible for near-coeval formation of Archaean
continental crust (dominantly tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite: TTG), greenstone belts …

The results of field, geochronologic, geochemical and isotopic studies are presented for the
granitoids that occur east of the Closepet batholith up to the Kolar schist belt (KSB). Field …

Subduction drives plate tectonics and builds continental crust, and as such is one of the
most important processes for shaping the present-day Earth. Here we review both theory …

U–Pb geochronological, major and trace element and isotope geochemical data identify
crustal domains of contrasted petrological origins and histories in the lower crust of the …

We present combined field, structural data and spot image analysis, petrographic data, U–
Pb zircon ages, Nd isotopes and whole-rock geochemical data for the late Archaean granite …