The Altaids, the largest accretionary belt in the Earth’s history, are known for its significant Phanerozoic crustal growth.However, increasing reports of Precambrian zircon grains challenge the previ
The adakitic dikes with zircon ages of ~120–118 Ma are identified in the Xiejiagou gold deposit, Jiaobei terrain. The Early Cretaceous intermediate-acidic dikes include monzonite, quartz monzonite, an
Layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Giles Complex, western Musgrave Block are confined to a southern granulite facies block thrust northward over an amphibolite facies...
The Mauranipur and Babina greenstone belts of the Bundelkhand Craton are formed of the Central Bundelkhand greenstone complex (CBGC). This complex represents tectonic collage which has not been previo
The tholeiitic basalts and microdolerites that comprise the Cretaceous igneous complex in the Nauru Basin in the western equatorial Pacific have moderate ranges in initial 87Sr/86Sr (0.70347 - 0.70356
