“…For the NCC, rapid crustal growth at~2.7 Ga has been well established for the entire craton (e.g., Wu et al, 2005b;Wan et al, 2011). However, distinct from other cratons, such as the Superior (Percival et al, 2001), the western Canada Shield (Sandeman et al, 2006), Wyoming (Rino et al, 2004), the Baltic Shield Halla, 2005;Samsonov et al, 2005), southern West Greenland (Thrane, 2002;Steenfelt et al, 2005), the Pilbara and Yilgarn cratons of Western Australia (Bateman et al, 2001;Blake, 2001;Rasmussen et al, 2005), southern Africa (Poujol et al, 2003) and Zimbabwe (Matthew et al, 1999;Hofmann et al, 2004), about 80% of the exposed igneous rocks in the NCC are~2.5 Ga TTGs and associated rocks (Zhao et al, 2001(Zhao et al, , 2002Wilde et al, 2005). Moreover, the imprint of a major 2.5 Ga tectono-thermal event was particularly strong in the NCC Wan et al, 2012c, and references therein).…”