The supercontinent cycle: a retrospective essay

RD Nance, JB Murphy, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The recognition that Earth history has been punctuated by supercontinents, the assembly
and breakup of which have profoundly influenced the evolution of the geosphere …

Cyclical one-way continental rupture-drift in the Tethyan evolution: Subduction-driven plate tectonics

B Wan, F Wu, L Chen, L Zhao, X Liang, W Xiao… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Numerous continents have rifted and drifted away from Gondwana to repeatedly open
ocean basins over the past∼ 500 million years. These Gondwana-derived continents drifted …

A holistic model for the origin of orogenic gold deposits and its implications for exploration

DI Groves, M Santosh, J Deng, Q Wang, L Yang… - Mineralium …, 2020 - Springer
The term orogenic gold deposits has been widely accepted, but there has been continuing
debate on their genesis. Early syn-sedimentary or syn-volcanic models and hydrothermal …

[HTML][HTML] The giant Jiaodong gold province: The key to a unified model for orogenic gold deposits?

DI Groves, M Santosh - Geoscience Frontiers, 2016 - Elsevier
Although the term orogenic gold deposit has been widely accepted for all gold-only lode-
gold deposits, with the exception of Carlin-type deposits and rare intrusion-related gold …

Metamorphic P–T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton

PY Tam, G Zhao, M Sun, S Li, Y Iizuka, GSK Ma… - Precambrian …, 2012 - Elsevier
Both medium-and high-pressure pelitic granulites were found in the Jiaobei massif in the
southern segment of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, which is a Paleoproterozoic tectonic belt in the …

[HTML][HTML] What can we learn from melt inclusions in migmatites and granulites?

B Cesare, A Acosta-Vigil, O Bartoli, S Ferrero - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
With less than two decades of activity, research on melt inclusions (MI) in crystals from rocks
that have undergone crustal anatexis–migmatites and granulites–is a recent addition to …

Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Guiana Shield in Suriname: A revised model

SB Kroonenberg, EWF De Roever… - Netherlands Journal of …, 2016 - cambridge.org
The Proterozoic basement of Suriname consists of a greenstone–tonalite–trondhjemite–
granodiorite belt in the northeast of the country, two high-grade belts in the northwest and …

Neoproterozoic granulites from the northeastern margin of the Tarim Craton: petrology, zircon U–Pb ages and implications for the Rodinia assembly

ZY He, ZM Zhang, KQ Zong, W Wang, M Santosh - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
We report the discovery of a suite of Neoproterozoic granulite facies rocks from the vicinity of
the Boston Lake area at the northeastern margin of the Tarim Craton. Mineral parageneses …

[HTML][HTML] CO2, carbonate-rich melts, and brines in the mantle

ML Frezzotti, JLR Touret - Geoscience Frontiers, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the origin and evolution of fluid inclusions in ultramafic xenoliths,
providing a framework for interpreting the chemistry of mantle fluids in the different …

Vein graphite deposits: geological settings, origin, and economic significance

FJ Luque, JM Huizenga, E Crespo-Feo, H Wada… - Mineralium …, 2014 - Springer
Graphite deposits result from the metamorphism of sedimentary rocks rich in carbonaceous
matter or from precipitation from carbon-bearing fluids (or melts). The latter process forms …