Plate tectonics: When ancient continents collide

Warren, Clare (2017). Plate tectonics: When ancient continents collide. Nature Geoscience, 10(4) pp. 245–246.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2918

Abstract

The geological record preserves scant evidence for early plate tectonics. Analysis of eclogites — metamorphic rocks formed in subduction zones — in the Trans-Hudson mountain belt suggests modern-style subduction may have operated 1,800 million years ago.

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• Item ORO ID
• 48956
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1752-0908
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  From Subduction to sand: Quantifying the balance between tectonic and surface processes during early continental collision and UHP rock exhumation. (SE-09-133-CW)	NE/H016279/1	NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)

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• Keywords
• Geodynamics; Mineralogy; Petrology; Tectonics
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited
• Depositing User
• Clare Warren