The mid-Archean to mid-Proterozoic appears to have favored the formation of cratons, stable
crustal shields underlain by unusually thick and cold mantle roots. Most of these cratons and …

Earth's plate tectonic behaviour arises from lithospheric ductile weakening and shear-
localization. The ubiquity of mylonites at lithospheric shear zones is evidence that …

Understanding Earth's interior dynamics, the origin and factors of which maintain the present-
day plate-like behavior of the lithosphere on our planet, is one of the main goals of …