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The Evolution of the Continental Crust and the Onset of Plate Tectonics

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020
The Earth is the only known planet where plate tectonics is active, and different studies have concluded that plate tectonics commenced at times from the early Hadean to 700 Ma.
C. Hawkesworth, Peter A. Cawood, B. Dhuime   +2 more
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Geological Evidence for the Operation of Plate Tectonics throughout the Archean: Records from Archean Paleo-Plate Boundaries

Journal of Earth Science (Wuhan, China), 2018
Plate tectonics describes the horizontal motion of rigid lithospheric plates away from midoceanic ridges and parallel to transforms, towards deep-sea trenches, where the oceanic lithosphere is subducted into the mantle.
T. Kusky, B. Windley, A. Polat
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Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics

Nature Communications, 2016
The Cretaceous breakup of Gondwana strongly modified the global distribution of shallow tropical seas reshaping the geographic configuration of marine basins.
F. Leprieur, Patrice Descombes, T. Gaboriau, P. Cowman, V. Parravicini, M. Kulbicki, Carlos J. Melián, C. N. De Santana, C. Heine, D. Mouillot, D. Bellwood, L. Pellissier   +11 more
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Nature of Paleozoic Basement of the Catalan Coastal Ranges (Spain) and Tectonic Setting of the Priorat DOQ Wine Terroir: Evidence from Volcanic and Sedimentary Rocks

Geosciences, 2023
The Paleozoic volcano-sedimentary rocks within the structural basement of the horst-and-graben system of the Catalan Coastal Ranges (CCR) are composed of black shale, volcaniclastic sediments, lava flows, sills and lithocrystalloclastic tuffs.
Pavel Kepezhinskas, Nikolai Berdnikov, Nikita Kepezhinskas, Natalia Konovalova, Valeria Krutikova, Ivan Astapov   +5 more
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Archean eclogite-facies oceanic crust indicates modern-style plate tectonics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Significance The onset time of plate tectonics is highly debated in the Earth sciences. A key indicator of modern-style plate tectonics, with deep subduction of oceanic plates, is the presence of eclogite (oceanic crust metamorphosed at high-pressure and
Wenbin Ning, T. Kusky, Lu Wang, Bo Huang
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Microscopic Pore Structures and Their Controlling Factors of the Lower Carboniferous Luzhai Shale in Guizhong Depression, China

Geofluids, 2023
Microscopic pore structures are of great significance in evaluating shale gas reservoirs and understanding the occurrence state of shale gas. Integrating geochemical analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), low-temperature N2 adsorption (LTNA), mercury ...
Ren Zhang, Shu Jiang, Luchuan Zhang, Hu Wang, Tianyu Zhang, Ruyang Yu, Linhao Zhang, Finnian Ukaomah Chima   +7 more
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Natural Gas Migration Pathways and Their Influence on Gas Hydrate Enrichment in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea

Geofluids, 2022
2D and 3D seismic data and basin simulation were used to investigate the gas hydrate distribution and natural gas migration pathways in the Qiongdongnan Basin (QDNB).
Tingna Zuo, Ren Wang, Yulin He, Wanzhong Shi, Jinqiang Liang, Litao Xu, Hao Du, Yan Deng, Xiaofeng Xu   +8 more
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Effect of Analytical Particle Size on Pore Structure of High Volatile Bituminous Coal and Anthracite Using Low-Pressure N2 and CO2 Adsorption

Adsorption Science & Technology, 2022
To investigate the effect of analytical particle size on pore structure, mesopore (2-50 nm) and micropore (
Zheng Dang, Xiaoming Wang, Shihui Hou, Sidong Pan   +3 more
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Gold in Mineralized Volcanic Systems from the Lesser Khingan Range (Russian Far East): Textural Types, Composition and Possible Origins

Geosciences, 2021
While gold partitioning into hydrothermal fluids responsible for the formation of porphyry and epithermal deposits is currently well understood, its behavior during the differentiation of metal-rich silicate melts is still subject of an intense ...
Nikolai Berdnikov, Victor Nevstruev, Pavel Kepezhinskas, Ivan Astapov, Natalia Konovalova   +4 more
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The Effect of Tectonic Stress and Thermal Evolution on Shale Pores of Devonian and Carboniferous Shales in Southern China

Geofluids, 2022
Many sets of Paleozoic marine organic-rich shale strata are developed in southern China. However, the exploration and development degree of these strata are different.
Zhiyao Zhang, Shang Xu, Wanzhong Shi, Fanyang Meng, Qiyang Gou, Mingfang Zhao   +5 more
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