Geological Society, London, Special Publications: 338 (1)

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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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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Oceanic and Island Arc Systems and Continental Growth

Tectonics of Accretionary Orogens and Continental Growth

Growth and Stabilization of Continental Crust: Collisions and Intraplate Processes

Precambrian Tectonics and the Birth of Continents

Active Tectonics and Geomorphology of Continental Collision and Growth Zones

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