AUTHOR=Zhao Chen , Qian Jiahui , Liu Xiaoguang , Azizi Hossein , Whattam Scott Andrew , Yang Shenghong TITLE=Editorial: The World’s ancient cratons: tectonics, metamorphism, magmatism and mineralization JOURNAL=Frontiers in Earth Science VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2025.1686546 DOI=10.3389/feart.2025.1686546 ISSN=2296-6463