Preface
Keith Benn, Jean-Claude Mareschal
and Kent С. Condie ......................................... vii
Introduction: Archean Geodynamics and Environments
Keith Benn, Jean-Claude Mareschal,
and Kent C. Condie ........................................... 1
Global Context
Archean Geodynamics and the Thermal Evolution of Earth
Jun Korenaga ................................................. 7
Continental Growth and the Archean Paradox
A. Lenardic ................................................. 33
Archean Geodynamics: Similar to or Different From Modern
Geodynamics?
Kent C. Condie and Keith Benn ............................... 47
Thermomechanical Evolution of Continents
Archean Thermal Regime and Stabilization of the Cratons
Jean-Claude Mareschal and Claude Jaupart .................... 61
Creation and Preservation of Cratonic Lithosphere: Seismic
Constraints and Geodynamic Models
С.М. Cooper, A. Lenardic, A. Levander,
and L. Moresi ............................................... 75
Geochemical/Petrologic Constraints on the Origin of
Cratonic Mantle
Cin-Ty Aeolus Lee ........................................... 89
Crustal Ductility and Early Continental Tectonophysics
R.С. Bailey ................................................ 115
Thermal and Mechanical Controls on the Evolution of
Archean Crustal Deformation: Examples From Western
Australia
Simon Bodorkos and Mike Sandiford .......................... 131
Subduction
Experimental Constraints on TTG Petrogenesis: Implications
for Archean Geodynamics
Jean-François Moyen and Gary Stevens ....................... 149
Geodynamic Modeling of Late Archean Subduction: Pressure-
Temperature Constraints From Greenstone Belt Diamond
Deposits
С.O'Neill and D.A. Wyman ................................... 177
Reading the Geochemical Fingerprints of Archean Hot
Subduction Volcanic Rocks: Evidence for Accretion and
Crustal Recycling in a Mobile Tectonic Regime
A. Polat and R. Kerrich .................................... 189
Late-Archean Convergent Margin Volcanism in
the Superior Province: A Comparison of the
Blake River Group and Confederation Assemblage
D.A. Wyman and P. Hollings ................................. 215
Orogenies
High-Pressure Intermediate-Temperature Metamorphism in
the Southern Barberton Granitoid-Greenstone Terrain,
South Africa: A Consequence of Subduction-Driven
Overthickening and Collapse of Mid-Archean Continental
Crust
Johann Diener, Gary Stevens, and Alex
Kisters .................................................... 239
Reflections of the Neoarchean: A Global Perspective
Arie J. van der Velden, Frederick A.
Cook, Barry J. Drummond, and Bruce R.
Goleby ..................................................... 255
Tectonic Delamination of the Lower Crust During Late
Archean Collision of the Abitibi-Opatica and Pontiac
Terranes, Superior Province, Canada
Keith Benn ................................................. 267
Biogeochemical Environments and Life
The Early Record of Life
Frances Westall and Gordon Southam ......................... 283
Biogeochemical Cycles of Sulfur and Nitrogen in the
Archean Ocean and Atmosphere
Yanan Shen and Daniele L. Pinti, and
Ко Hashizume ............................................... 305
Foldouts 1 and 2: Seismic Reflection Profiles
Across Archean Cratons Following page ......................... 264
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