Secular change in metamorphism and the onset of global plate tectonics

M Brown, T Johnson - American Mineralogist, 2018 - degruyter.com
On the contemporary Earth, distinct plate tectonic settings are characterized by differences in
heat flow that are recorded in metamorphic rocks as differences in apparent thermal …

The Long-Term Evolution of the Atmosphere of Venus: Processes and Feedback Mechanisms: Interior-Exterior Exchanges

C Gillmann, MJ Way, G Avice, D Breuer… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
This work reviews the long-term evolution of the atmosphere of Venus, and modulation of its
composition by interior/exterior cycling. The formation and evolution of Venus's atmosphere …

Epitaxial growth of a monolayer WSe2-MoS2 lateral pn junction with an atomically sharp interface

MY Li, Y Shi, CC Cheng, LS Lu, YC Lin, HL Tang… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as molybdenum sulfide
MoS2 and tungsten sulfide WSe2 have potential applications in electronics because they …

[HTML][HTML] Stagnant lids and mantle overturns: Implications for Archaean tectonics, magmagenesis, crustal growth, mantle evolution, and the start of plate tectonics

JH Bédard - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
The lower plate is the dominant agent in modern convergent margins characterized by
active subduction, as negatively buoyant oceanic lithosphere sinks into the asthenosphere …

Generation of felsic crust in the Archean: a geodynamic modeling perspective

E Sizova, T Gerya, K Stüwe, M Brown - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
As a consequence of secular cooling of the Earth, there is generally no modern analog to
assist in understanding the tectonic style that may have operated in the Archean. Higher …

[HTML][HTML] A planet in transition: The onset of plate tectonics on Earth between 3 and 2 Ga?

KC Condie - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
Many geological and geochemical changes are recorded on Earth between 3 and 2 Ga.
Among the more important of these are the following:(1) increasing proportion of basalts with …

[图书][B] Earth as an evolving planetary system

KC Condie - 2021 - books.google.com
Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the
evolution and interaction through time of Earth's crust, mantle, core, atmosphere …

A Hadean to Paleoarchean geodynamo recorded by single zircon crystals

JA Tarduno, RD Cottrell, WJ Davis, F Nimmo, RK Bono - Science, 2015 - science.org
Knowing when the geodynamo started is important for understanding the evolution of the
core, the atmosphere, and life on Earth. We report full-vector paleointensity measurements …

Partial melting of metabasic rocks and the generation of tonalitic–trondhjemitic–granodioritic (TTG) crust in the Archaean: Constraints from phase equilibrium …

RM Palin, RW White, ECR Green - Precambrian Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Rocks of tonalitic–trondhjemitic–granodioritic (TTG) composition preserved in Archaean
terranes represent fragments of the Earth's earliest-formed continental crust, and are thought …

Iron isotope systematics in planetary reservoirs

PA Sossi, O Nebel, J Foden - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Iron is the only polyvalent major element, and controls reduction–oxidation (redox) reactions
in a host of geologic processes and reservoirs, from the mineral-to planetary-scale, on Earth …