Emergence of silicic continents as the lower crust peels off on a hot plate-tectonic Earth

Coincidence of gabbro and granulite formation and their implication for Variscan HT metamorphism in the Moldanubian Zone (Bohemian Massif), example from the Kutná Hora Complex

(2016) Shah Wali Faryad et al.   LITHOS

Two-step rise of atmospheric oxygen linked to the growth of continents

(2016) Cin-Ty A. Lee et al.   Nature Geoscience

Archean upper crust transition from mafic to felsic marks the onset of plate tectonics

(2016) M. Tang et al.   SCIENCE

Emergence of modern continental crust about 3 billion years ago

(2015) Bruno Dhuime et al.   Nature Geoscience

Generation of felsic crust in the Archean: A geodynamic modeling perspective

(2015) E. Sizova et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

The diversity and evolution of late-Archean granitoids: Evidence for the onset of “modern-style” plate tectonics between 3.0 and 2.5Ga

(2014) O. Laurent et al.   LITHOS

Initiation and Evolution of Plate Tectonics on Earth: Theories and Observations

(2013) Jun Korenaga   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Delamination vs. break-off: the fate of continental collision

(2013) Valentina Magni et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Contrasting styles of Phanerozoic and Precambrian continental collision

(2013) E. Sizova et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Delamination and recycling of Archaean crust caused by gravitational instabilities

(2013) Tim E. Johnson et al.   Nature Geoscience

Archean Subduction: Fact or Fiction?

(2012) Jeroen van Hunen et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The continental record and the generation of continental crust

(2012) P.A. Cawood et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

Precambrian geodynamics: Concepts and models

(2012) Taras Gerya   GONDWANA RESEARCH

A Change in the Geodynamics of Continental Growth 3 Billion Years Ago

(2012) B. Dhuime et al.   SCIENCE

Transition between “Archaean-type” and “modern-type” tectonics: Insights from the Finnish Lapland Granulite Belt

(2011) F. Cagnard et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Formation of enriched mantle components by recycling of upper and lower continental crust

(2010) Matthias Willbold et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression

(2010) Claude Herzberg et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Continental collision and slab break-off: A comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations

(2010) Jeroen van Hunen et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The growth of the continental crust: Constraints from zircon Hf-isotope data

(2010) E.A. Belousova et al.   LITHOS

Numerical modelling of spontaneous slab breakoff and subsequent topographic response

(2010) Thibault Duretz et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

The fate of subducted Upper Continental Crust: An experimental study

(2009) Yao Wu et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Coupled and decoupled regimes of continental collision: Numerical modeling

(2009) M. Faccenda et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Crustal redistribution, crust–mantle recycling and Phanerozoic evolution of the continental crust

(2009) Peter D. Clift et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Yin and yang of continental crust creation and destruction by plate tectonic processes

(2009) Robert J. Stern et al.   INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW

Flow of ultra-hot orogens: A view from the Precambrian, clues for the Phanerozoic

(2009) Dominique Chardon et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

A benchmark comparison of spontaneous subduction models—Towards a free surface

(2008) H. Schmeling et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Dynamics of double subduction: Numerical modeling

(2008) Yury A. Mishin et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Plate tectonics on the early Earth: Limitations imposed by strength and buoyancy of subducted lithosphere

(2007) Jeroen van Hunen et al.   LITHOS