Conditions during the formation of granitic magmas by crustal melting–hot or cold; drenched, damp or dry?

JD Clemens, G Stevens, SE Bryan - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Granitic magmas extracted from crustal sources can form over a wide variety of P, T and aH
2 O conditions. Both fluid-present and effectively fluid-absent conditions can yield granitic …

Orogenic gold: is a genetic association with magmatism realistic?

RJ Goldfarb, I Pitcairn - Mineralium Deposita, 2023 - Springer
Many workers accept a metamorphic model for orogenic gold ore formation, where a gold-
bearing aqueous-carbonic fluid is an inherent product of devolatilization across the …

The production of granitic magmas through crustal anatexis at convergent plate boundaries

YF Zheng, P Gao - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Granite petrogenesis is associated with the formation and evolution of continental crust
along convergent plate boundaries. While magmatic processes such as partial melting and …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and evolution of the continental crust: Retrospect and prospect

JLR Touret, M Santosh, JM Huizenga - Geoscience Frontiers, 2022 - Elsevier
Until the middle of the 20th century, the continental crust was considered to be dominantly
granitic. This hypothesis was revised after the Second World War when several new studies …

Early Paleozoic or Early-Middle Triassic collision between the South China and Indochina blocks: The controversy resolved? Structural insights from the Kon Tum …

M Faure, LTT Hoai, C Lepvrier - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In Central Vietnam, the Kontum massif is subdivided from North to South into:(i)
Kham Duc,(ii) Ngoc Linh,(iii) Kan Nack complexes. The Kham Duc complex consists of …

Supercontinents and the case for Pannotia

RD Nance, JB Murphy - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
Disagreement about the existence of the late Neoproterozoic supercontinent Pannotia
highlights the limitation of defining supercontinents simply on the basis of size, which, for pre …

Petrogenesis and UPb geochronology of charnockites flanking the Pranhita Godavari rift in peninsular India-link between the Bastar and Eastern Dharwar Cratons

T Meshram, ML Dora, SR Baswani, D Upadhyay… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Charnockites constitute an integral component of granulite belts exposed on the northern
and southern flanks of the Godavari rift, which marks the contact between the Bastar and …

Magmatic, hydrothermal and ore element transfer processes of the southeastern Archean Superior Province implied from electrical resistivity structure

EA Roots, GJ Hill, BM Frieman, PE Wannamaker… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although magmatic-and metamorphic-derived fluids are widely recognized mineralizing
agents, the role of crustal architecture in defining source and sink zones within the middle to …

Tectonic processes and the evolution of the continental crust

C Hawkesworth, PA Cawood, B Dhuime… - Journal of the …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The Earth is the only known planet where plate tectonics operates. We review the features of
Archean and early Proterozoic geology that constrain tectonic environments and inform …

Neoarchean microblock amalgamation in southern India: Evidence from the Nallamalai Suture Zone

SS Li, M Santosh, S Ganguly, PV Thanooja… - Precambrian …, 2018 - Elsevier
A collage of crustal blocks ranging in age from Mesoarchean to Neoarchean accreted to the
southern margin of the Dharwar Craton in Peninsular India preserve distinct evolutionary …