Search Results - "Precambrian research"

The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan Orogen, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) by Zong, Keqing, Klemd, Reiner, Yuan, Yu, He, Zhenyu, Guo, Jingliang, Shi, Xiaoli, Liu, Yongsheng, Hu, Zhaochu, Zhang, Zeming

“…•Garnet schists from the South Beishan Orogen experienced high-grade metamorphism at ca. 900Ma.•~900Ma metamorphism is coeval with extensive continental arc…”
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Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean by Windley, Brian F., Kusky, Tim, Polat, Ali

“…[Display omitted] •Geological archives show that plate tectonics operated since at least the Eoarchean.•Accretionary Cycle Plate Tectonics operated from…”
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Precambrian geology of China by Zhao, Guochun, Cawood, Peter A.

“…► China contains three major Precambrian blocks, the North China, South China and Tarim cratons, sutured by Phanerozoic orogenic belts. ► The North China…”
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Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion by Zhao, Guochun, Cawood, Peter A., Li, Sanzhong, Wilde, Simon A., Sun, Min, Zhang, Jian, He, Yanhong, Yin, Changqing

“…► Metamorphic ages suggest that the amalgamation of the Eastern and Western Blocks along the Trans-North China Orogen occurred at ∼1.85Ga. ►The polarity of…”
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Mesoproterozoic paleogeography: Supercontinent and beyond by Pisarevsky, Sergei A., Elming, Sten-Åke, Pesonen, Lauri J., Li, Zheng-Xiang

“…•We present a series of 1770–1270Ma global paleogeographic reconstructions.•The reconstructions are constrained paleomagnetically and…”
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Neoproterozoic amalgamation between Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks: The magmatism in various tectonic settings and continent-arc-continent collision by Xia, Yan, Xu, Xisheng, Niu, Yaoling, Liu, Lei

“…•Three Neoproterozoic tectono-magmatic belts have been identified in South China.•An intra-oceanic arc and two active continental margins formed…”
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Generation of felsic crust in the Archean: A geodynamic modeling perspective by Sizova, E., Gerya, T., Stüwe, K., Brown, M.

“…•We model generation of continental crust at the Eoarchean–Mesoarchean conditions.•We demonstrate a variety of tectonic settings for the formation of felsic…”
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Hadean geodynamics and the nature of early continental crust by Korenaga, Jun

“…Reconstructing Earth history during the Hadean defies the traditional rock-based approach in geology. Given the extremely limited locality of Hadean zircons,…”
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Decoding Earth’s rhythms: Modulation of supercontinent cycles by longer superocean episodes by Li, Z.X., Mitchell, R.N., Spencer, C.J., Ernst, R., Pisarevsky, S., Kirscher, U., Murphy, J.B.

“…•Supercontinents assemble alternatively through introversion and extroversion mechanisms.•Only an extroversion supercontinent assembly leads to the formation…”
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Partial melting of metabasic rocks and the generation of tonalitic–trondhjemitic–granodioritic (TTG) crust in the Archaean: Constraints from phase equilibrium modelling by Palin, Richard M., White, Richard W., Green, Eleanor C.R.

“…[Display omitted] •Petrological modelling has provided new constraints on Archean TTG magma genesis.•Enriched Archean tholeiite bulk composition used as a…”
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Geochemical zonation across a Neoproterozoic orogenic belt: Isotopic evidence from granitoids and metasedimentary rocks of the Jiangnan orogen, China by Wang, Xiao-Lei, Zhou, Jin-Cheng, Griffin, W.L., Zhao, Guochun, Yu, Jin-Hai, Qiu, Jian-Sheng, Zhang, Yan-Jie, Xing, Guang-Fu

“…•A gradual geochemical variation from E to W across the Jiangnan orogen (JO).•The change of provenance may have been the key control on the variation.•The…”
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Tectonic evolution of the eastern Jiangnan region, South China: New findings and implications on the assembly of the Rodinia supercontinent by Shu, Liangshu, Wang, Jingqiang, Yao, Jinlong

“…•The 848 Ma anorthosite was found in the E-Jiangnan ophiolite and the 860–830 Ma intermediate-felsic rocks display active margin signature.•The 870–860 Ma…”
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Zircon U–Pb chronology, Hf isotope analysis and whole-rock geochemistry for the Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic Yudongzi complex, northwestern margin of the Yangtze craton, China by Hui, Bo, Dong, Yunpeng, Cheng, Chao, Long, Xiaoping, Liu, Xiaoming, Yang, Zhao, Sun, Shengsi, Zhang, Feifei, Varga, Jan

“…•TTG gneiss in the Yudongzi complex derived from reworking juvenile crust at 2.80Ga.•Amphibole plagiogneiss in Yudongzi resulted from new crustal growing at…”
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The formation of Neoarchean continental crust in the south-east Superior Craton by two distinct geodynamic processes by Mole, D.R., Thurston, P.C., Marsh, J.H., Stern, R.A., Ayer, J.A., Martin, L.A.J., Lu, Y.J.

“…•Large new time–space geochronological, geochemical and isotopic dataset used to analyse crustal evolution in the Archean south-east Superior Craton.•We…”
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The Cadomian Orogen: Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian crustal growth and orogenic zoning along the periphery of the West African Craton—Constraints from U–Pb zircon ages and Hf isotopes (Schwarzburg Antiform, Germany) by Linnemann, Ulf, Gerdes, Axel, Hofmann, Mandy, Marko, Linda

“…•We present for the 1st time Cadomian U–Pb zircon ages combined with Hf isotopes.•The long-lived Cadomian orogenic system was active between c. 540 and…”
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3.45 Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for Early Archean crustal growth by Guo, Jing-Liang, Gao, Shan, Wu, Yuan-Bao, Li, Ming, Chen, Kang, Hu, Zhao-Chu, Liang, Zheng-Wei, Liu, Yong-Sheng, Zhou, Lian, Zong, Ke-Qing, Zhang, Wen, Chen, Hai-Hong

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Laurentia-Baltica-Amazonia relations during Rodinia assembly by Cawood, Peter A., Pisarevsky, Sergei A.

“…•Laurentia, Baltica and Amazonia are key building blocks of Rodinia.•Opening of Asgard Sea in end Mesoproterozoic drove rotation of Baltica.•Amazonia collision…”
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3.45Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for Early Archean crustal growth by Guo, Jing-Liang, Gao, Shan, Wu, Yuan-Bao, Li, Ming, Chen, Kang, Hu, Zhao-Chu, Liang, Zheng-Wei, Liu, Yong-Sheng, Zhou, Lian, Zong, Ke-Qing, Zhang, Wen, Chen, Hai-Hong

“…•We report two 3.45Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China.•They are the oldest rocks known currently in South China.•They are partial…”
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The evolving nature of terrestrial crust from the Hadean, through the Archaean, into the Proterozoic by Kamber, Balz S.

“…An outstanding feature of the Archaean Eon is that it was a time of major production and preservation of continental lithosphere. Here I review the geological,…”
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A geochronological review of magmatism along the external margin of Columbia and in the Grenville-age orogens forming the core of Rodinia by Johansson, Åke, Bingen, Bernard, Huhma, Hannu, Waight, Tod, Vestergaard, Rikke, Soesoo, Alvar, Skridlaite, Grazina, Krzeminska, Ewa, Shumlyanskyy, Leonid, Holland, Mark E., Holm-Denoma, Christopher, Teixeira, Wilson, Faleiros, Frederico M., Ribeiro, Bruno V., Jacobs, Joachim, Wang, Chengcheng, Thomas, Robert J., Macey, Paul H., Kirkland, Christopher L., Hartnady, Michael I.H., Eglington, Bruce M., Puetz, Stephen J., Condie, Kent C.

“…[Display omitted] •4344 magmatic U-Pb ages (2300-800 Ma) compiled.•Active external margins of Laurentia, Baltica and Amazonia in Columbia.•Baltica-Amazonia…”
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