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Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Volume 338, 2010
The Evolving Continents: Understanding Processes of Continental Growth
Edited by:
T. M. Kusky, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
M.-G. Zhai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and
W. Xiao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, NP, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.0

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    The evolving continents: understanding processes of continental growth – introduction
    Timothy M. Kusky, Mingguo Zhai and Wenjiao Xiao
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 1-6, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.1

Oceanic and Island Arc Systems and Continental Growth

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    The anatomy and ontogeny of modern intra-oceanic arc systems
    Robert J. Stern
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 7-34, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.2
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    Transitions among Mariana-, Japan-, Cordillera- and Alaska-type arc systems and their final juxtapositions leading to accretionary and collisional orogenesis
    Wenjiao Xiao, Chunming Han, Chao Yuan, Min Sun, Guochun Zhao and Yehua Shan
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 35-53, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.3

Tectonics of Accretionary Orogens and Continental Growth

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    Ocean plate stratigraphy and its imbrication in an accretionary orogen: the Mona Complex, Anglesey–Lleyn, Wales, UK
    S. Maruyama, T. Kawai and B. F. Windley
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 55-75, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.4
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    Orogens in the evolving Earth: from surface continents to ‘lost continents’ at the core–mantle boundary
    M. Santosh, Shigenori Maruyama, Tsuyoshi Komiya and Shinji Yamamoto
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 77-116, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.5
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    The Khanka Block, NE China, and its significance for the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and continental accretion
    Simon A. Wilde, Fu-Yuan Wu and Guochun Zhao
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 117-137, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.6

Growth and Stabilization of Continental Crust: Collisions and Intraplate Processes

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    Petrology, chemistry and phase relations of borosilicate phases in phlogopite diopsidites and granitic pegmatites from the Tranomaro belt, SE Madagascar; boron-fluid evolution
    Théodore Razakamanana, Brian F. Windley and Dietrich Ackermand
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 139-161, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.7
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    Reconstruction and interpretation of giant mafic dyke swarms: a case study of 1.78 Ga magmatism in the North China craton
    Peng Peng
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 163-178, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.8

Precambrian Tectonics and the Birth of Continents

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    The role of geochronology in understanding continental evolution
    Alfred Kröner
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 179-196, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.9
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    Chromitites from the Fiskenæsset anorthositic complex, West Greenland: clues to late Archaean mantle processes
    Hugh Rollinson, Claire Reid and Brian Windley
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 197-212, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.10
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    A buried Palaeoproterozoic spreading ridge in the northern Nagssugtoqidian orogen, West Greenland
    Adam A. Garde and Julie A. Hollis
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 213-234, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.11
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    Precambrian key tectonic events and evolution of the North China craton
    Mingguo Zhai, Tie-Sheng Li, Peng Peng, Bo Hu, Fu Liu and Yanbin Zhang
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 235-262, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.12
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    Mesoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic growth of the northern segment of the Itabuna–Salvador–Curaçá orogen, São Francisco craton, Brazil
    E. P. Oliveira, N. J. McNaughton and R. Armstrong
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 263-286, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.13

Active Tectonics and Geomorphology of Continental Collision and Growth Zones

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    A Review of the geology and tectonics of the Kohistan island arc, north Pakistan
    Michael G. Petterson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 287-327, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.14
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    Roles of strike-slip faults during continental deformation: examples from the active Arabia–Eurasia collision
    Mark B. Allen
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 329-344, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.15
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    Was Late Cretaceous–Paleocene obduction of ophiolite complexes the primary cause of crustal thickening and regional metamorphism in the Pakistan Himalaya?
    M. P. Searle and P. J. Treloar
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 345-359, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.16
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    Tectonic setting and structural evolution of the Late Cenozoic Gobi Altai orogen
    Dickson Cunningham
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 361-387, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.17
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    Landscape development of the Himalayan–Tibetan orogen: a review
    Lewis A. Owen
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 338, 389-407, 1 January 2010, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP338.18
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