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 …

Abstract U–Pb and Lu-Hf data are routinely used to trace detrital zircon in clastic sediments
to their original source in crystalline bedrock (the protosource), to map out paths of sediment …

Abstract Southern West Greenland contains some of the best-studied and best-preserved
magmatic Eoarchean rocks on Earth, and these provide an excellent vantage point from …

Combined whole-rock, U–Pb zircon and monazite dating, in situ zircon (MC)-SF-ICP-MS Lu–
Hf-isotope data are reported for more than 20 Archaean granitoid samples to constrain …

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 …

Abstract The Singhbhum Craton in eastern India, one of the four major Archean cratons of
the Indian Shield, is underlain by Paleoarchean granitoids (trondhjemite-tonalite …

The onset and rates of continental growth are first-order indicators of early Earth dynamics,
and whether substantial crust existed in the Hadean or much later has long been debated …

The Bastar craton in central India, surrounded by cratonic blocks and Paleoproterozoic to
Neoproterozoic orogenic belts, is a window to investigate the Archean-Paleoproterozoic …

The dominant geodynamic processes that underpin the formation and evolution of Earth's
early crust remain enigmatic calling for new information from less studied ancient cratonic …

New in situ U–Pb-Hf analyses of detrital zircons from across the Archaean Dharwar craton
indicate significant juvenile crustal extraction events at~ 3.3 and 2.7 Ga, and continuous …