On the enigmatic mid-Proterozoic: Single-lid versus plate tectonics
| Autor: | Nick M.W. Roberts, Johanna Salminen, Åke Johansson, Ross N. Mitchell, Richard M. Palin, Kent C. Condie, Christopher J. Spencer |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Geosciences and Geography |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Earth evolution
OROGENS HOT 1171 Geosciences Plate tectonics PALEOMAGNETISM mid-Proterozoic 114 Physical sciences EVOLUTION single -lid tectonics secular mantle cooling Geophysics SUBDUCTION Space and Planetary Science Geochemistry and Petrology metamorphic record SUPERCONTINENT Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) SECULAR CHANGE EARTH TRUE POLAR WANDER RODINIA |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117749 |
| Popis: | The mid-Proterozoic (ca. 1850-850 Ma) is a peculiar period of Earth history in many respects: ophiolites and passive margins of this age are rare, whereas anorthosite and A-type granite suites are abundant; metamorphic rocks typically record high thermobaric (temperature/pressure) ratios, whereas ultrahigh pressure (UHP) rocks are rare; and the abundance of economic mineral deposits features rare porphyry Cu-Au and abundant Ni-Cu and Fe-oxide Cu-Ag (IOCG) deposit types. These collective observations have been used to propose that a stagnant-lid, or single-lid, tectonic regime operated at this time, between periods of plate tectonics in the Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic. In our reappraisal of the mid -Proterozoic geological record, we not only assess the viability of the single-lid hypothesis for each line of evidence, but also that of the plate tectonic alternative. We find that evidence for the single-lid hypothesis is equivocal in all cases, whereas for plate tectonics the evidence is equivocal or supporting. We therefore find no reason to abandon a plate tectonic model for the mid-Proterozoic time period. Instead, we propose that the peculiarities of this enigmatic interval can be reconciled through the combination of two processes working in tandem: secular mantle cooling and the exceptionally long tenure and incomplete breakup of Earth's first supercontinent, where both of these phenomena had a dramatic effect on lithospheric behaviour and its resulting imprint in the geological record. (c) 2022 British Geological Survey (c) UKRI 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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