Understanding of secular evolution of the Earth system is based largely on the rock and
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …

This work examines the global distribution of Archaean and modern igneous rock's
compositions, without relying on preconceptions about the link between rock compositions …

Abstract The Quadrilátero Ferrífero is a metallogenic district (Au, Fe, Mn) located at the
southernmost end of the São Francisco craton in eastern Brazil. In this region, a supracrustal …

The timing of the emergence of subaerial landmasses is equivocally constrained as post-
Archean and continues to be a much-debated issue. In this study, we document …

Because of its world-class iron ore deposits and promising Au and U mineralizations, the
late Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic Minas Basin (Minas Supergroup, SE of Brazil) is one of …

Abstract The Minas-Bahia orogeny juxtaposed Archean crustal fragments and
Paleoproterozoic magmatic arcs to form the São Francisco-Congo Paleocontinent by the …

Abstract The Taihua Complex is exposed mostly in the central-western part along the
southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC). In this study, field geological …

Collisional orogens are a periodic manifestation of plate tectonics on Earth. They form by the
amalgamation of continental blocks, and they take place along both active and passive …

Plutonic rocks from the Mineiro Belt, Brazil record a delayed onset of the transition from TTG
to sanukitoid-type magmatism (high Ba-Sr), starting during the Siderian magmatic lull when …

New and compiled U-Pb-Hf detrital zircon data from provincial Meso-to Neoproterozoic
sedimentary basins characterize the buried crust of the Siberian cratonic basement. Along …