Mélanges through time: Life cycle of the world's largest Archean mélange compared with Mesozoic and Paleozoic subduction-accretion-collision mélanges

T Kusky, J Wang, L Wang, B Huang, W Ning, D Fu… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mélanges represent a significant component of collisional and accretionary orogenic belts.
We present a comparison of subduction-accretion mélanges of different ages to test how …

Origin of the oldest (3600–3200 Ma) cratonic core in the Western Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications for evolving tectonics of the Archean Earth

M Jayananda, M Guitreau, KR Aadhiseshan… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This contribution presents a comprehensive synthesis on the origin of oldest (3600–3200
Ma) cratonic core in the Western Dharwar Craton (WDC), Southern India based our new …

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 …

Archaean greenstone belts and associated granitic rocks–a review

CR Anhaeusser - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Archaean greenstone belts and associated granitic rocks comprise some of the most diverse
rock types on the Earth's surface and were formed during the early stages of the …

Making it thick: a volcanic plateau origin of Palaeoarchean continental lithosphere of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons

MJ Van Kranendonk, RH Smithies… - Geological Society …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
How and when continents grew and plate tectonics started on Earth remain poorly
constrained. Most researchers apply the modern plate tectonic paradigm to problems of …

[图书][B] Granites: petrology, structure, geological setting, and metallogeny

A Nédélec, JL Bouchez - 2015 - books.google.com
Granites are emblematic rocks developed from a magma that crystallized in the Earth's crust.
They ultimately outcrop at the surface of every continent. This book-translated, edited, and …

Metamorphic constraints on Archean tectonics

J Kuang, G Morra, DA Yuen, T Kusky, S Jiang… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
The tectonic style of the Archean Earth is contentious, with ongoing debate concerning the
dominant surface processes controlled by either a plate tectonics regime or alternative styles …

Just another drip: Re-analysis of a proposed Mesoarchean suture from the Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa

MJ Van Kranendonk, A Kröner, JE Hoffmann… - Precambrian …, 2014 - Elsevier
Structural analysis of a proposed Mesoarchean suture located immediately to the southwest
of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa–known as the Inyoni Shear Zone (ISZ) …

[HTML][HTML] Paleoarchean bedrock lithologies across the Makhonjwa Mountains of South Africa and Swaziland linked to geochemical, magnetic and tectonic data reveal …

M de Wit, H Furnes, S MacLennan, M Doucouré… - Geoscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Makhonjwa Mountains, traditionally referred to as the Barberton Greenstone
Belt, retain an iconic Paleoarchean archive against which numerical models of early earth …

[HTML][HTML] Silicon isotopes in an Archaean migmatite confirm seawater silicification of TTG sources

ME Murphy, JE Macdonald, S Fischer… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Unraveling ancient melting processes is key to understanding how the earliest, tonalite-
trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG)-dominated continental crust formed from partial melting of …