East European Craton: Early Precambrian History and 3D Models of Deep Crustal Structure

17. Evolution and major features of the Early Precambrian crust of the East European craton
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Published:May 01, 2015
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Michael V. Mints, 2015. "17. Evolution and major features of the Early Precambrian crust of the East European craton", East European Craton: Early Precambrian History and 3D Models of Deep Crustal Structure, Michael V. Mints, Ksenia A. Dokukina, Alexander N. Konilov, Irina B. Philippova, Valery L. Zlobin, Pavel S. Babayants, Elena A. Belousova, Yury I. Blokh, Maria M. Bogina, William A. Bush, Peter A. Dokukin, Tatiana V. Kaulina, Lev M. Natapov, Valentina B. Piip, Vladimir M. Stupak, Arsen K. Suleimanov, Alexey A. Trusov, Konstantin V. Van, Nadezhda G. Zamozhniaya
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The earliest events in the geological history of the Early Precambrian crust of the East European craton (3.5–2.93 Ga) resulted in the emergence of spatially separate and genetically independent areas of continental crust (continental embryos), the dimensions of which rarely exceeded a few hundred kilometers across.
The period between 3.05 Ga and ca. 2.75 Ga was a time of mainly plate-tectonic development: origin, evolution, and accretion of ancient island-arc systems, and collision of microcontinents. The Vedlozero-Segozero and Sumozero-Kenozero systems of greenstone belts, Tipasjärvi-Kuhmo-Suomussalmi and Central Belomorian greenstone belts in Karelia, and the Kolmozero-Voronya greenstone belt in the Kola Peninsula are...
- accretion
- active margins
- amalgamation
- Archean
- basins
- chronology
- complexes
- continental crust
- continents
- correlation
- cratons
- crust
- Europe
- facies
- Fennoscandian Shield
- genesis
- geodynamics
- greenstone belts
- historical geology
- intracontinental belts
- intraplate processes
- magmatism
- mantle
- mantle plumes
- metamorphic belts
- metamorphism
- microcontinents
- microplates
- models
- North America
- North American Craton
- orogenic belts
- orogeny
- paleogeography
- Paleoproterozoic
- Phanerozoic
- plate collision
- plate tectonics
- Precambrian
- processes
- Proterozoic
- protoliths
- reconstruction
- regional
- rifting
- Russian Platform
- sedimentary basins
- sedimentation
- supercontinents
- superplumes
- Svecofennian Orogeny
- tectonic units
- tectonics
- terranes
- thermal history
- upper Precambrian
- Lauroscandia