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Geodynamics of the early Earth: Quest for the missing paradigm

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Ultrahigh-pressure peridotites record Neoarchean collisional tectonics

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The Habitability of Venus

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Origin of the oldest (3600–3200 Ma) cratonic core in the Western Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications for evolving tectonics of the Archean Earth

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Secular changes in metamorphism and metamorphic cooling rates track the evolving plate-tectonic regime on Earth

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Geochemical constraints on the nature of Late Archean basaltic-andesitic magmatism in the North China Craton

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Is plate tectonics a post-Archean phenomenon? A petrological perspective

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Geotherms, evolution of the lithosphere and plate tectonics

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Precambrian geodynamics(III):General features of Precambrian geology

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The progressive onset and evolution of Precambrian subduction and plate tectonics

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Regimes of subduction and lithospheric dynamics in the Precambrian: 3D thermomechanical modelling

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Precambrian geodynamics: models vs. concepts and constrains (Invited)

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