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 …

Abstract The Dharwar Craton is a composite Archean cratonic collage that preserves
important records of crustal evolution on the early Earth. Here we present results from a …

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 …

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

The Precambrian geologic history of Peninsular India covers nearly 3.0 billion years of time.
India is presently attached to the Eurasian continent although it remains (for now) a separate …

We have investigated three greenstone belts (Boromo, Houndé, and Banfora) and
associated granitoid terrains, which form part of the Eburnean orogen, situated in western …

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 …

We present SIMS U–Pb zircon ages and Nd isotope data for the felsic volcanic rocks from
seven Neoarchean greenstone belts of the Eastern Dharwar craton (EDC) and from the …

Abstract Sandwiched between the Dharwar Craton in the north and the Neoarchean–
Proterozoic crustal blocks to the south, the Coorg Block in southern India is composed …