Thanooja, P.V.Williams, IanSatish-Kumar, M.Zhai, Ming-GuoOh, Chang WhanWindley, Brian F.Sajeev, K.2022-11-030024-4937http://hdl.handle.net/1885/277978The composition and configuration of possible Archaean supercontinents remain unresolved. Kenorland, a Neoarchaean supercontinent containing the Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT) in South India, the eastern block of the North China Craton (E-NCC), and the north-central Korean Peninsula, was probably assembled at ca. 2.5 Ga. A detailed comparison of meta-granitoid samples from the Madras Block (SGT), the Yishui Terrane (Shandong Peninsula, E-NCC), and Daeijak Island (NW-Gyeonggi Massif, Korean Peninsula) demonstrates their close similarities in geological setting, age, petrochemistry, isotopic composition and metamorphic history. They were all formed at 2.6–2.5 Ga and metamorphosed at a high grade soon after ca. 2.5 Ga. All are LREE-enriched and HREE-depleted, have low 87Sr/86Sri (0.70201–0.70375) and similar near-chondritic ƐNd(T) (+1.2 to −1.9). These factors, and their close match of geological features, suggest that the three terranes were once contiguous as part of a Neoarchaean supercontinent.The research results of this study contribute to the objectives of DST-SERB project number – EMR/2016/003632 to K.S. The results are part of the Ph. D project of P.V.T., supported through DST- INSPIRE fellowship (IF150424). Finally, we thank P. Rajkumar for field support and Veni Sudarsan, P.G. Athira and Antony Jayaseelan for their help during manuscript preparationapplication/pdfen-AUCrown Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.Neoarchaean supercontinentMadras blockYishui TerraneDaeijak IslandOpx-bearing meta-granitoidsOpx-absent meta-granitoids202110.1016/j.lithos.2021.1062942021-11-28