Index Page numbers in italic denote figures. Page numbers in bold denote tables. Achab Gneiss 222, 224, 228 palaeomagnetic data 210, 211 Capricornia 6 Ade´lie Craton see Terre Ade´lie virtual geomagnetic pole 209, 210 see also Columbia Craton; Gawler-Ade´lie Baltica–Laurentia reconstruction Supercontinent Craton 199, 209–210, 212–214, 331 carbon isotope anomaly 10–11 Africa, southern, IGCP 509 Bandal granitoid 283, 285, 286, 296 CAT Suite magmatism 321, 341 database system SHRIMP U–Pb dating 289–290, Ceara´ Central domain 271, time-slice maps 44, 43 292 272, 279 time–space correlation chart banded iron formation 4, 8, 9–10 Central Orogenic Belt, North China 37–44, 40, 41, 42 Algoma-type 10 Craton 52, 53, 57 Akitkan Formation 130 Superior-type 8, 10 Chaibasa Formation 301–316, 302 Nd isotope data 134–135, Banks Vlei Gneiss 222, 224 deformation mechanisms 139–140 Bao’an, metamorphism 57 313–316 Akitkan Group Barramundi Orogeny 330 Chail Nappe 287 geochronology 148, 149, 153, Beenbreek Gneiss 222, 223 Chail Thrust 287 155–156 Bhatwari Gneiss 283, 285 Chailli gneiss 283, 285 geology 146, 147, 148 Birimian Belt, correlation Chandil Formation 302 palaeomagnetism and U–Pb Campinorte sequence 265–266 Chang Cheng Series 59, 60,61 dates 145–161 North Hebei Orogen 64–65 Changzhougou Formation 59 Akitkan orogenic belt 128, 129, 130, Birusa terrane 128, 129 chaotic layers, Chaibasa Formation 146, 147 crustal growth 140 305, 312–313 Aldan superterrane 66, 127, 128, Nd isotope data 131, 132, Chaura Thrust 288 146, 147 136–137 Chaya palaeopole 159 Almora–Askot–Dhramgarh gneiss Black Angel Gneiss 336 Chaya suite 146, 147, 148 284, 285 Black Reef Formation 37 geochronology and palaeomag- Amazonian craton 66 bolides 14 netism 149, 150, Anabar superterrane 127, 128, 129, Bomdila Granite Gneiss 284, 285 151–153, 154, 155 146, 147 Borborema Province, northwest Chieress dykes 146 Angara orogenic belt 128, 129 crustal growth 271–279 Chirpatiya gneiss 284, 285 anisotropy, magnetic susceptibility, geology 272–275 Chor Thrust 287 Salla Diabase Dyke 205 Sm–Nd isotope analysis 275, chromite 179, 191 Antarctica, Mawson Continent 321, 277, 279 Chuanlinggou Formation 59, 61 325–328 U–Pb dating 275–279 Chunatundra intrusion 180, 183, Areachap Terrane 221, 226 Boromo greenstone belt 234, 235 187, 192 granitoids, Sm–Nd data 223, Brası´lia Belt, geology 255–256, 256 Chuya granite complex 128 225–226 Bunger Hills 320, 327, 329 crustal growth 140 Areno´polis Arc 256 Burtons Puts Gneiss 222, 224 Nd isotope data 135, 137, Aroams Gneiss 222, 224 Bushmanland Terrane 221, 226 139–140 Arunta Region 320, 321, 333, granitoids, Sm–Nd data 222, Chuya Group 130 334–335, 341, 342 223, 225, 228 climate, evolution 11–12 atmosphere, evolution 9–11 Bushveld igneous event 40 CO2 fluid inclusions, North China Craton 58–59 baddeleyite, U–Pb dating, Baltic calcium carbonate, sea-floor 10, 11 Coboop Granite Gneiss 222, 223 Shield intrusions 172, Campinorte sequence 255–267, 256 Columbia Supercontinent 6, 7, 173–189 correlation, Birimian and 49, 50, 51, 73 Baikal Group 146 Transamazonian belts correlation, North China Craton Baikal terrane 128, 129, 130 265–266 50, 51, 63–66 crustal growth 140 geology 255–258, 256, 257 Greater India 284, 296 Nd isotope data 133–135, 136, metasedimentary rocks 256, 257, reconstruction 50 137, 139–140 259, 263 Concordia Granite 222, 224 baked-contact test, Salla Diabase plutonic unit 256–257, 257, 259, cones, contorted laminae, Chaibasa Dyke 205, 208–209 262, 263 Formation 304, 305, Baltic Shield 199, 200 Sm–Nd isotope analysis 259, 309–310 geology 166, 167 263, 264, 265, 266–267 Congo Craton 274, 279 ore-bearing intrusions U–Pb dating 258–262, 263, 265, continents, emergence of 6 165–196 266–267 convection, mantle 3–4 Baltica ‘Canfield Ocean’ model 10 Coompana Block 322, 329, 344 apparent polar wander path cap carbonate 13 core, evolution 2–3 210, 214 Cape Hunter Phyllite 325 Cornian Orogeny 322, 338 358 INDEX crust, continental Fedorovo-Pansky Layered Complex granitoids growth 5–6 165, 166 Man-Leo Shield 234, 235, 236, northwest Borborema geology and petrology 167–170 241, 243, 244, 245, Province 271–279 magmatism 186, 188–189 246, 247 Siberian craton, Sm–Nd isotope mineralization 194 Namaqua–Natal Province analysis 130–140 Sm–Nd analysis 186, 187, 188, 219–228 193, 194 pre-Himalayan 283 Dahongyu Formation 61 U–Pb dating 174, 175, 177, Granja Complex 276, 277, 279 Dalma Lava 301, 302 178, 179, 187 Granja Massif 271, 274 Daqingshan, khondalite belt Fenno-Karelian Belt 165 Granjeiro Complex 272 geological background 75–76 geochronology 187 granulite, North China Craton tectono-thermal events 73–94 magmatism 189, 195–196 55–58 Daqingshan-Wulashan terrane 54 mineralization 191 Great Oxidation Event 9, 10 Darjeeling–Sikkim Granite Gneiss Fennoscandian Shield see Baltic Greater India 284, 285, 293 284, 285 Shield greenstone belts, Man-Leo Shield DateView database 28, 33–35, 43 folding, Lu¨liang Massif 105, 109, 110 232–233, 235, 236–241 deformation foliation Grenvilleland 6 Lu¨liang Massif 103, 105–109, Lu¨liang Massif 105, 106 Gromia 12 122 Man-Leo Shield 234 Grypania spiralis 12 Man-Leo Shield 234 Forward Orogeny 343 Guanghua Group 61–62 Mawson Continent 339, 341, 345 Friersdale Charnockites 222, 223 Guiana Shield, correlation, North China Craton 51, 53, 54, 57 Fuping Block 99, 104, 120, 122 Campinorte sequence soft sediment, Chaibasa Fuping Massif, correlation with 265–266 Formation 302, 303, 304, Lu¨liang Massif 120–122 Gwalda gneiss 283, 285 305, 306–316 metadepositional structures Gaoyuzhuang Formation 61 Hanuman Chatti Gneiss 283, 285 311–313 Garies terrane 222, 226, 227 Hengshan Massif 54, 57 syndepositional structures Gawler Craton 319, 321, 322–325, correlation with Lu¨liang Massif 308–311 323, 326, 344 120–122 depressions, infilled, Chaibasa accretion to North Australian Hidrolina Dome 257 Formation 310 Craton 332–333 Higher Himalayan Crystalline Dhalbhum Formation 301, 302 internal architecture 333, 336 Belt 283, 285, 287, Dhanjori Formation 301, 302 Mawson Continent assemblage 288–289, 296 Donington Suite 338 328–329 Higher Himalayan Leucogranite Dunite Block 179, 180, 187, 194 proto-Gawler Craton 332–333 Belt 283 dykes, mafic see also Gawler–Ade´lie Craton Hiltaba Suite 325 Baikal terrane 129, 130, 140 Gawler Range Volcanics 325, 336 Himalaya, pre-Himalayan history North China Craton 56, 57, 59, Gawler–Ade´lie Craton, evolution 283, 284 64, 66 329, 333, 334–335, 336, 337, Himalaya, northwest 283–296 Salla Diabase Dyke 199–214 342, 343, 344–345 geology 284, 285–286 Superia 8 geodynamo 2–3 SHRIMP U–Pb dating geomagnetic field, palaeointensity 2 289–296 Earth, cooling 3–4 geomagnetic poles, virtual 209, 210, Himalayan Metamorphic Belt earthquakes, deformation 307–308, 212, 213 284, 285 313–316 Georgetown Inlier 320, 343–344 Himchal Pradesh, anorogenic East Scandinavian Large Igneous deformation 345 magmatic signatures Province, magma 191, 196 Ghuttu Gneiss 283, 285 286–296 Eastern Block, North China Craton glaciation and oxygenation 13–14 Horodyskia 12 52,53 Goia´s Magmatic Arc 256 Hudsonland 6 Eburnian Belt, correlation with Goia´s Massif 256–257 Huijiazhuang granite 103 Northern Hebei orogen gold Hutuo Group, correlation with 64–65 hydrothermal 12 Yejishan Group 120, 122 Elim Group 37 orogenic 9 hysteresis, Salla Diabase Dyke 204 enderbite, Me´dio Coreau´ domain 274 Goloustnaya terrane 128, 129, 130 Epupa Complex 65 crustal growth 140 ice ages 9, 13 eukaryotes, fossil record 12 Nd isotope data 133, 137, IGCP 509 database system 27–45 evaporites 11 138–139 functionality 32–33 Gondwana, Mawson continent future development 44, 45 faults 320, 322 outputs 33–37 penecontemporaneous, Chaibasa granite time-slice maps, southern Africa Formation 304, 311 Lu¨liang Group 103 44, 43 thrust, Lu¨liang Massif 105 Northern Hebei orogen 57 time–space correlation chart, Fedorov Block 188, 189 correlation 65–66 southern Africa 37–44, mineralization 191 Siberian craton 129–130, 146 40, 41, 42 INDEX 359 Imandra Lopolith 166 Kimberley Domain 37 Lu¨liang Group 101, 102, 103 geology and petrology 171–172 kinzigite, Me´dio Coreau´ domain Lu¨liang klippe 100, 103, 104, 105, mineralization 189 274, 275, 278 109, 120 Sm–Nd analysis 187, 193, 194 Kitoy granite 129 Lu¨liang Massif 99–122, 100 U–Pb dating 174, 183–184, 185, Klein Namaqualand Suite 222, 224 correlation with Hengshan– 186, 187 Kocherikovo granite 146, 148 Wutaishan–Fuping Indian Plate 285–286 Kola Belt 165 massifs 120–122 collision with Eurasian Plate 291 layered intrusions, geology and deformation 105–109, 122 Inner Mongolia-North Hebei petrology 167–173 foliation 105, 106 Orogenic Belt see North magmatism 186, 189, 195 geochronology 109–119 Hebei Orogenic Belt mineralization 171, 191, 194 lithotectonic units 101–103 Irkut-Kitoy domain 128, 129 Sm–Nd analysis 186, 187, metamorphism 109 Nd isotope data 133, 136, 188, 194 shear zones 105, 108 137, 138 U–Pb isotope analysis 173–186 structural analysis 103–109 iron see banded iron formation Kola Peninsula, ore deposits 189, 191 tectonic evolution 122 Isan Orogeny 345 Kolvitsa instrusion 165, 166 U–Pb zircon dating 116–119 Iskere Gneiss 283, 285 Koras Group 223, 226–227 U–Th/Pb EPMA monazite Kotla Gneiss 283, 285 dating 111–119 Jannelsepan Formation 223, 225 Kulu Thrust 286, 287 Lu¨liang Nappe 103, 105, 108 Jatuli event see Lomagundi-Jatuli Kulu–Bajura mylonite 283, 288, 296 Lu¨liang Ocean 120, 122 event SHRIMP U–Pb dating 290, 294 Lu¨liangshan 99, 100, 103, 104 Jeori Formation 288 Kulu–Bajura Nappe 286, 287, 288 Luyashan porphyritic charnockite Ji’an Group 61–62