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  Two types of Archean continental crust: Plume and plate tectonics on early Earth

  Martin J. Van Kranendonk

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1187-1209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.01
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  Accretionary orogen and evolution of the Japanese Islands: Implications from a Sr-Nd isotopic study of the Phanerozoic granitoids from SW Japan

  Bor-Ming Jahn

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1210-1249; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.02
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  Delamination/thinning of sub-continental lithospheric mantle under Eastern China: The role of water and multiple subduction

  B. F. Windley, S. Maruyama and W. J. Xiao

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1250-1293; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.03
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  ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology of high-pressure granulite nappes in the southern Brasília Belt, Brazil: Implications for Nappe Exhumation

  Barry L. Reno, Michael Brown and Philip M. Piccoli

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1294-1332; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.04
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  Paleomagnetism of the 765 Ma Luakela volcanics in Northwest Zambia and implications for Neoproterozoic positions of the Congo Craton

  Michael T. D. Wingate, Sergei A. Pisarevsky and Bert De Waele

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1333-1344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.05
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  Volgo-Uralia: The first U-Pb, Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotopic evidence of preserved Paleoarchean crust

  Svetlana V. Bogdanova, Bert De Waele, Elena V. Bibikova, Elena A. Belousova, Alexander V. Postnikov, Anna A. Fedotova and Lubov' P. Popova

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1345-1383; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.06
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  Zircon ages and metamorphic evolution of the Archean Assegaai–De Kraalen granitoid-greenstone terrain, southeastern Kaapvaal Craton

  Lopamudra Saha, Axel Hofmann, Hangqiang Xie, Ernst Hegner, Allan Wilson, Yusheng Wan, Dunyi Liu and Alfred Kröner

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1384-1420; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.07
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  The ∼390 Ma high-T metamorphic event in the Chinese Altai: A consequence of ridge-subduction?

  Yingde Jiang, Min Sun, Guochun Zhao, Chao Yuan, Wenjiao Xiao, Xiaoping Xia, Xiaoping Long and Fuyuan Wu

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1421-1452; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.08
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  Zircon ages, Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions, and geochemistry of granitoids associated with the northern ophiolite mélange of Central Cuba: Tectonic implication for Late Cretaceous magmatism in the Northwestern Caribbean

  Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, Alfred Kröner, Antonio García-Casco, Tony Kemp, Ernst Hegner, Mireya Pérez, Matthias Barth, Dunyi Liu and Alain Fonseca-Montero

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1453-1479; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.09
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  Metamorphism of the Lüliang amphibolite: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the North China Craton

  Guochun Zhao, Changqing Yin, Jinghui Guo, Min Sun, Sanzhong Li, Xuping Li, Chunming Wu and Chaohui Liu

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1480-1502; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.10
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  Juvenile magmatism and crustal recycling at the end of the Neoarchean in Western Shandong Province, North China Craton: Evidence from SHRIMP zircon dating

  Yusheng Wan, Dunyi Liu, Shijin Wang, Chunyan Dong, Enxiu Yang, Wei Wang, Hongying Zhou, Zhenguo Ning, Lilin Du, Xiaoyan Yin, Hangqiang Xie and Mingzhu Ma

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1503-1552; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.11
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  Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional processes of the Beishan orogenic collage

  W. J. Xiao, Q. G. Mao, B. F. Windley, C. M. Han, J. F. Qu, J. E. Zhang, S. J. Ao, Q. Q. Guo, N. R. Cleven, S. F. Lin, Y. H. Shan and J. L. Li

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1553-1594; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.12
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  Early Archean crust of the Middle Dnepr and Azov domains, Ukrainian Shield—evidence from ages of detrital zircons in Mesoarchean greenstone belts

  E. Bibikova, S. Claesson, A. Fedotova, G. Artemenko and L. Ilyinsky

  American Journal of Science December 2010, 310 (10) 1595-1622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2010.13