Continental Crust is the inevitable product of formation and evolution of the Earth.

A series of astonishing discoveries including seismic reflective,low velocity layer, and low resistivity layer in continental lower crust suggest that we should recognize continental lithosphere, and approach continental lower crust.

The major results about magnetic petrology of high-grade terrenes of Archean shield areas in the world are reviewed in this article,focusing on the relationship between rock magnetism and deformation, and metamorphism and intensity of magnetization of continental lower crust and its origin.

Continental tectonics is akey frontier that involves following important areas such as the formation and evolution oforogenic belts and sedimentary basins, three-dimension layer-block texture of continentallithosphere,thermal and rheological state of continental lower crust,seismic genesis anddynamic sources of continental crust movement.