The Neoarchean Ophiolite in the North China Craton： Early Precambrian Plate Tectonics and Scientific Debate

Archean greenstone belts and their possible inclusion of fragments of ophiolites is an im-portant research subject, since it is correlated with the nature of early oceanic crust, and can yield in-formation on the nature of early planetary lithospheres, the origin of TTG （tonalite-trondhjemite-granod...

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Published inJournal of earth science (Wuhan, China) Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 277 - 284
Main Authors Kusky, Timothy M., Zhai, Mingguo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences 01.06.2012
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Belts
Biogeosciences
China
Continental crust
Correlation
Cratons
Crusts
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth science
Earth Sciences
Evolutionary
Geochemistry
Geological time
Geology
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Lithosphere
Marine
Oceanic crust
Origins
Plate tectonics
Precambrian
Tectonics
中国
克拉通
前寒武纪
新太古代
早期
板块构造
科学问题
蛇绿岩
ophiolite
greenstone belt
North China craton
Archean
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Summary:Archean greenstone belts and their possible inclusion of fragments of ophiolites is an im-portant research subject, since it is correlated with the nature of early oceanic crust, and can yield in-formation on the nature of early planetary lithospheres, the origin of TTG （tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite） continental crust, the formation of early cratons and continents, and is related to when plate tectonics started in the Earth＇s evolutionary history. This article briefly reviews the North China craton＇s Archean ophiolite argument and proposes further studies aimed at understanding the genera- tion of greenstone belts and Archean ophiolites, and suggests some key scientific questions that remain to be answered.
Bibliography:Archean, ophiolite, greenstone belt, North China craton.
Timothy M Kusky,Mingguo Zhai （Three Gorges Research Center for Geo-hazards, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China;State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China）
Archean greenstone belts and their possible inclusion of fragments of ophiolites is an im-portant research subject, since it is correlated with the nature of early oceanic crust, and can yield in-formation on the nature of early planetary lithospheres, the origin of TTG （tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite） continental crust, the formation of early cratons and continents, and is related to when plate tectonics started in the Earth＇s evolutionary history. This article briefly reviews the North China craton＇s Archean ophiolite argument and proposes further studies aimed at understanding the genera- tion of greenstone belts and Archean ophiolites, and suggests some key scientific questions that remain to be answered.
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DOI:10.1007/s12583-012-0253-6