initiation of plate tectonics in the hadean eclogitization triggered by the abel bombardment

Initiation of plate tectonics in the Hadean: Eclogitization triggered by the ABELTo appear in: Geoscience Frontiers Received Date: 9 May 2016 Revised Date: 13 November 2016 Accepted Date

Initiation of plate tectonics in the Hadean: Eclogitization triggered by the ABEL

To appear in: Geoscience Frontiers

Received Date: 9 May 2016

Revised Date: 13 November 2016

Accepted Date: 25 November 2016

Please cite this article as: Maruyama, S., Santosh, M., Azuma, S., Initiation of plate tectonics in the

Hadean: Eclogitization triggered by the ABEL Bombardment, Geoscience Frontiers (2017), doi: 10.1016/

School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences Beijing, 29

Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China

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Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan

*Corresponding author E-mail address: smaruyam@geo.titech.ac.jp

Research Highlights

Presence of water is the most critical factor for plate tectonics

Bombardment of carbonaceous chondrites delivered water on completely dry Earth

Eclogitization provided slab-pull force to initiate plate tectonics

Stagnant lid tectonics shifted to plate tectonics by the ABEL Bombardment