In Chapter 2, we showed that the eclogite-facies metamorphism within the Mesoarchean–Neoarchean Belomorian eclogite province can be correlated with “hot” subduction. However, was such a thermal regime specific to the Archean? Comparison of pressure-temperature-time paths and data for peak metamorphic parameters demonstrates the general similarity of the Archean and Paleoproterozoic eclogites worldwide and their association with anomalously “hot” environments. In contrast, Phanerozoic high- and ultrahigh-pressure eclogite complexes formed in connection with “warm” subduction zones. The high-temperature character of the eclogite-facies metamorphism in the Proterozoic is impossible to explain through a distinctively anomalous thermal regime, as is often suggested for the Archean mantle. The occurrence of high-temperature conditions during eclogite-facies metamorphism can be attributed to either subduction of a mid-ocean ridge (Archean, Belomorian eclogite province) or to interaction with mantle plumes (Proterozoic).