Episodic Precambrian subduction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 552-562

  O'Neill, C ^a   Lenardic, A ^a   Moresi, L ^b   Torsvik, T H ^c,d,e   Lee, C T A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

mantle convection; paleopoles; Precambrian tectonics; subduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL PRODUCTION; MANTLE AVALANCHE; MASSIVE VOLCANISM;

SEISMOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MANTLE CONVECTION; OROGENY; PLATE MOTION; PRECAMBRIAN; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 35048851685     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.056     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Aspler L.B., and Chiarenzelli J.R. Protracted breakup of Kenorland, a NeoArchean supercontinent?. Sed. Geol. 120 (1998) 75-104
2. Beaumont C., Jamieson R.A., Nguyen M.H., and Medvedev S. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) 10.1029/2003JB002809
3. Calvert A.J., Sawyer E.W., Davis W.J., and Ludden J. Archaean subduction inferred from seismic images of a mantle suture in the Superior Province. Nature 375 (1995) 670-674
4. Collerson K.D., and Kamber B.S. Evolution of the continents and the atmosphere inferred from Th-U-Nb systematics of the depleted mantle. Science 238 (1999) 1519-1522
5. Coltice N., Albarede F., and Gillet P. 40K-40Ar constraints on the recycling of the continental crust into the mantle. Science, 288 (2000) 845-847
6. Condie K.C. Episodic continental growth and supercontinents: a mantle avalanche connection?. Earth Plan. Sci. Lett. 163 (1998) 97-108
7. Condie K. Incompatible element ratios in oceanic basalts and komatiites: tracking deep mantle sources and continental growth rates with time. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 4 (2003) 10.1029/2002GC000333
8. Condie K. Supercontinents and superplume events: distinguishing signals in the geologic record. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 6 (2004) 319-332
9. Escartín J., Hirth G., and Evans B. Strength and mode of deformation of partially serpentinized peridotites: implications for the rheology and tectonics of oceanic lithosphere. Geology 29 11 (2001) 1023-1026
10. Evans D.A.D. True polar wander and supercontinents. Tectonophysics 362 (2003) 303-320
11. Goldfarb R.J., Groves D.I., and Gardoll S. Orogenic gold and geologic time: a global synthesis. Ore Geol. Rev. 18 (2001) 1-75
12. Goldfarb R.J., Groves D.I., and Gardoll S. Rotund versus skinny orogens: well-nourished or malnourished gold?. Geology 29 (2001) 539-542
13. Griffin W.L., Doyle B.J., Ryan C.G., Pearson N.J., O'Reilly S.Y., Davies R., Kivi K., Van Achterbergh E., and Natapov L.M. Layered mantle lithosphere in the Lac de Gras Area, Slave Craton: composition, structure and origin. J Petrol. 40 (1999) 705-727
14. Hall C.E., and Gurnis M. Strength of fracture zones from their bathymetric and gravitational evolution. J. Geophys. Res. 110 (2005) 10.1029/2004JB003312
15. Kanamori H. Mechanics of earthquakes. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 22 (1994) 207-237
16. Kemp A.I.S., Hawkesworth C.J., Paterson B.A., and Kinny P.D. Episodic growth of the Gondwana supercontinent from hafnium and oxygen isotopes in zircon. Nature 439 (2006) 580-583
17. Kohlstedt D.L., Evans B., and Mackwell S.J. Strength of the lithosphere: constraints imposed by laboratory experiments. J. Geophys. Res. 100 (1995) 17,587-17,602
18. Lee C.-T.A. Geochemical/Petrologic Constraints on the Origin of Cratonic Mantle. In: Benn K., Mareschal J.-C., and Condie K.C. (Eds). Archean Geodynamics and Environments vol. 164 (2006), American Geophysical Union Monograph 89-114
19. McClennan S.M., and Taylor S.R.J. Geochemical constraints on the growth of the continental crust. J Geol. 90 (1982) 347-361
20. McCulloch M.T., and Bennett V.C. Progressive growth of the Earth's continental crust and depleted mantle-geochemical constraints. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58 (1994) 4717-4738
21. Moresi L., and Solomatov V.S. Mantle convection with a brittle lithosphere: thoughts on the global tectonic styles of the Earth and Venus. Geophys. J. Int. 133 (1998) 669-682
22. Moresi L., Dufour F., and Mühlhaus H.-B. A Lagrangian integration point finite element method for large deformation modeling of viscoelastic geomaterials. J. Comp. Phys. 184 (2003) 476-497
23. Müller R.D., Roest W.R., Royer J.-Y., Gahagan L.M., and Sclater J.G. Digital isochrons of the world's ocean floor. J. Geophys. Res. 102 (1997) 3211-3214
24. Reese C.C., Solomatov V.S., and Moresi L.-N. Non-Newtonian stagnant lid convection and magmatic resurfacing on Venus. Icarus 139 (1999) 67-80
25. Reymer A., and Schubert G. Continental volume and freeboard through geological time. Tectonics 3 (1984) 63-67
26. Richards M.A., Yang W.-S., Baumgarder J.R., and Bunge H.-P. Role of a low-viscosity zone in stabilizing plate tectonics: implications for comparative terrestrial planetology. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 2 (2001) 10.1029/2000GC000115
27. Rino S., Komiya T., Windley B.F., Katayama I., Motoki A., and Hirata T. Major episodic increases of continental crustal growth determined from zircon ages of river sands; implications for mantle overturns in the Early Precambrian. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 146 (2004) 369-394
28. Simon L., and Lécuyer C. Continental recycling: the oxygen isotope point of view. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 6 (2005) 10.1029/2005GC000958
29. Snyder D.B. Lithospheric growth at margins of cratons. Tectonophysics 355 (2002) 7-22
30. Stein M., and Hofmann A.W. Mantle plumes and episodic crustal growth. Nature 372 (1994) 63-68
31. Stein C., Schmalzl J., and Hansen U. The effect of rheological parameters on plate behaviour in a self-consistent model of mantle convection. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 142 (2004) 2224-2255
32. Tackley P. Self-consistent generation of tectonic plates in time-dependent, three-dimensional mantle convection simulations. Geochem. Geophy. Geosys. 1 (2000) (2000GC000036)
33. Taylor S.R., and McLennan S.M. The Continental Crust: its Composition and Evolution (1985), Blackwell Scientific, Oxford
34. Torsvik T.H. The Rodinia jigsaw puzzle. Science 300 (2003) 1379-1381
35. Turcotte D.L. An episodic hypothesis for Venusian tectonics. J. Geophys. Res. 98 (1993) 17061-17068
36. Turcotte D.L., and Schubert G. Geodynamics: Applications of Continuum Physics to Geological Problems (1982), John Wiley & Sons, New York 450 pp.
37. van Thienen P., van den Berg A.P., and Vlaar N.J. Production and recycling of oceanic crust in the early Earth. Tectonophysics, 386 (2004) 41-65
38. Zhong S., Gurnis M., and Moresi L. Role of faults, nonlinear rheology, and viscosity structure in generating plates from instantaneous mantle flow models. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 15,255-15,268