Table Of Content

Precambrian Research Precambrian Research 127 (2003) 385-386 www.elsevier.com/locate/precamres Contents Vol. 127 Special Issue: Archaean Tectonics, Volume 1 Archaean tectonics in 2001: an Earth odyssey M.J. Van Kranendonk A critique of the analogy between Archaean and Phanerozoic tectonics based on regional mapping of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic plate convergent zone in the Makran, Iran G.J.H. McCall The origin and evolution of Archean lithospheric mantle W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O'Reilly, N. Abe, S. Aulbach, R.M. Davies, N.J. Pearson, B.J. Doyle and K. Kivi Contribution of mantle plumes, crustal thickening and greenstone blanketing to the 2.75-2.65 Ga global crisis P.F. Rey, P. Philippot and N. Thebaud Archaean cratonization and deformation in the northern Superior Province, Canada: an evaluation of plate tectonic versus vertical tectonic models J.H. Bédard, P. Brouillette, L. Madore and A. Berclaz Formation of Earth’s early Archaean continental crust R.H. Smithies, D.C. Champion and K.F. Cassidy Late Archaean granites: a typology based on the Dharwar Craton (India) J.-F. Moyen, H. Martin, M. Jayananda and B. Auvray A new class of silica enriched, highly depleted komatiites in the southern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa A.H. Wilson Upper mantle processes beneath the 2.7 Ga Abitibi belt, Canada: a trace element perspective D.A. Wyman Archean ocean-floor metamorphism in the North Pole area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia M. Terabayashi, Y. Masada and H. Ozawa A review of the geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa M. Poujol, L.J. Robb, C.R. Anhaeusser and B. Gericke Mid to late Archaean (3.3-2.5 Ga) tonalitic crustal formation and high-grade metamorphism at Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica T. Hokada, K. Misawa, K. Shiraishi and S. Suzuki Archaean orogen-parallel extension: evidence from the northern Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton B.K. Davis and E. Maidens Lithostratigraphy and tectonic evolution of contrasting greenstone successions in the central Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia S.F. Chen, A. Riganti, S. Wyche, J.E. Greenfield and D.R. Nelson Two linear granite belts in the central-western North China Craton and their implication for Late Neoarchaean-Palaeoproterozoic continental evolution M. Zhai, J. Guo, Y. Li, W. Liu, P. Peng and X. Shi doi: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00297-3 386 Contents Vol. 127 The Serid6o Group of NE Brazil, alate Neoproterozoic pre- to syn-collisional basin in West Gondwana: insights from SHRIMP U-Pb detrital zircon ages and Sm-Nd crustal residence (7pm) ages W.R. Van Schmus, B.B. de Brito Neves, I.S. Williams, P.C. Hackspacher, A.H. Fetter, E.L. Dantas and M. Babinski Structure, Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology of the granitoids of the Dabakala area (Céte d'Ivoire): evidence for a 2.3 Ga crustal growth event in the Palaeoproterozoic of West Africa? D. Gasquet, P. Barbey, M. Adou and J.L. Paquette Extensional detachment faulting and core-complex formation in the southern Barberton granite— greenstone terrain, South Africa: evidence for a 3.2 Ga orogenic collapse A.F.M. Kisters, G. Stevens, A. Dziggel and R.A. Armstrong Comment Correlations between the Eastern Block of the North China craton and the South Indian Block of the Indian Shield: an Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic link—Comment R. Mazumder Acomment on “Correlations between the Eastern Block of the North China Craton and the Southern Indian block of the Indian Shield: an Archaean to palaeoproterozoic link’’—Reply G. Zhao, M. Sun and S.A. Wilde Contents Volume 127