Thermal state and evolving geodynamic regimes of the Meso- to Neoarchean North China Craton

Constraining the thermal state of the lithosphere is crucial to understanding geodynamic regime in early Earth. Here the authors reconstruct ~2.9–2.5 Ga thermal structure of continental lithosphere of the North China Craton using TTG and propose a systematic Archean geodynamic evolution process.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guozheng Sun, Shuwen Liu, Peter A. Cawood, Ming Tang, Jeroen van Hunen, Lei Gao, Yalu Hu, Fangyang Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24139-z