Thermal evolution of cratons in China

L He, L Zhang - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Craton's thermal state is one of the main gateways to understand the craton dynamics. Three
cratons in China, the Tarim, North China, and Yangtze cratons, are in different thermal states …

A comparative study of the Parnaíba, Michigan and Congo cratonic basins

AB Watts, B Tozer, MC Daly, J Smith - Geological Society, London …, 2018 - lyellcollection.org
We used compilations of geological and geophysical data to compare the structure,
subsidence history and evolution of the Parnaíba, Michigan and Congo cratonic basins …

Variability of the geothermal gradient across two differently aged magma-rich continental rifted margins of the Atlantic Ocean: the Southwest African and the …

E Gholamrezaie, M Scheck-Wenderoth, J Sippel… - Solid Earth, 2018 - se.copernicus.org
The aim of this study is to investigate the shallow thermal field differences for two differently
aged passive continental margins by analyzing regional variations in geothermal gradient …

Deep crustal architecture of the Parnaíba basin of NE Brazil from receiver function analysis: implications for basin subsidence

DLO Coelho, J Julià… - Geological Society …, 2018 - lyellcollection.org
We investigated the crustal architecture of the Parnaíba basin of NE Brazil by analysing
receiver functions along a c. 600 km long transect crossing the central portion of the basin …

Cratonic basins with reference to the Michigan basin

NH Sleep - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2018 - lyellcollection.org
Seafloor and passive margins gradually subside as a result of thermal contraction of the
underlying lithosphere. Thermal subsidence is also an attractive mechanism for the …

High-temperature alteration and porosity generation in Upper Ordovician microbial reefs, Hudson Bay intracratonic Basin, Arctic Canada

D Lavoie, A Castagner, M Haghnazar-Liseroudi… - Sedimentary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Upper Ordovician biohermal mounds of the Red Head Rapids River Formation in the
Hudson Bay Basin consist of microbial and sponge boundstone and cementstone. The …