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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Precambrian crustal evolution and continental drift

Alfred Kröner

subject

Continental driftPrecambrianPlate tectonicsTectonicsSubductionEarth scienceContinental crustShieldGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesStructural geologyGeology

description

One of the major questions of Precambrian research is whether present-day plate tectonic models can be applied to the evolution of the ancient continental crust or whether the tectonic style suggests a unidirectional and therefore non-uniformitarian development in response to gradual changes in the global thermal regime through time.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01822123