The Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron,age 1636±66 Ma of Mirgarani granite,is the one of the oldest granite dated in the northwestern part of the Chhotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex(CGGC).The initial Sr ratio is 0.715±0.012(...
supported by the Science Industry Endowment Fund (RP 04-174) Big Data Knowledge Discovery Project;support from a CSIRO-Data61 Postgraduate Scholarship;support of the Australian Research Council through a Laureate Fellowship grant (FL150100133)
Accurately mapping plate boundary types and locations through time is essential for understanding the evolution of the plate-mantle system and the exchange of material between the solid Earth and surface environments....
supported by the Exploration Incentive Scheme,administered by the Geological Survey of Western Australia as part of the Royalties for Regions programme of the Western Australian state government
The cratonisation of Western Australia during the Proterozoic overlapped with several key events in the evolution of Earth. These include global oxidation events and glaciations, as well as the assembly,accretionary g...
The formation of continents involves a combination of magmatic and metamorphic processes. These processes become indistinguishable at the crust-mantle interface, where the pressure-temperature(P-T)conditions of(ul...
financial assistance in past years from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)
Recent geochronological investigations reinforce the early suggestion that the upper part of the Paleoproterozoic Huronian Supergroup of Ontario, Canada is present in the Animikie Basin on the south shore of Lake Supe...
supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation EAR09-10888 and EAR11-19038
The observation is made that there are very strong similarities between the supercontinents Columbia, Rodinia and Pangea. If plate tectonics was operating over the past 2.5 billion years of Earth history, and dominate...
The evolution of Earth's biosphere,atmosphere and hydrosphere is tied to the formation of continental crust and its subsequent movements on tectonic plates.The supercontinent cycle posits that the continental crust i...
supported by funds from the Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada
In more than 4 Ga of geological evolution, the Earth has twice gone through extreme climatic perturba- tions, when extensive glaciations occurred, together with alternating warm periods which were accom- panied by atm...
the continuing support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council,Canada through Discovery and Research Capacity grants;RDN is supported by National Science Foundation grant EAR-0308105;a Baker Award from Ohio University;a contribution to the International Geoscience Program,IGCP Project 597
The supercontinent cycle has had a profound effect on the Earth's evolution since the Late Archean but our understanding of the forces responsible for its operation remains elusive.Supercontinents appear to form by t...
The formation and disruption of supercontinents have significantly impacted mantle dynamics, solid earth processes, surface environments and the biogeochemical cycle. In the early history of the Earth, the collision o...