Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic

AS Merdith, SE Williams, AS Collins, MG Tetley… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

The supercontinent cycle

RN Mitchell, N Zhang, J Salminen, Y Liu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Supercontinents signify self-organization in plate tectonics. Over the past~ 2 billion years,
three major supercontinents have been identified, with increasing age: Pangaea, Rodinia …

A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic

AS Merdith, AS Collins, SE Williams, S Pisarevsky… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic tectonic geography was dominated by the formation of the supercontinent
Rodinia, its break-up and the subsequent amalgamation of Gondwana. The Neoproterozoic …

Neoproterozoic glaciations in a revised global palaeogeography from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Gondwanaland

ZX Li, DAD Evans, GP Halverson - Sedimentary Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
This review paper presents a set of revised global palaeogeographic maps for the 825–540
Ma interval using the latest palaeomagnetic data, along with lithological information for …

Micrometer‐scale magnetic imaging of geological samples using a quantum diamond microscope

DR Glenn, RR Fu, P Kehayias… - Geochemistry …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Remanent magnetization in geological samples may record the past intensity and direction
of planetary magnetic fields. Traditionally, this magnetization is analyzed through …

A critical appraisal of the “Day” diagram

AP Roberts, L Tauxe, D Heslop… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The “Day” diagram (Day et al., 1977, https://doi. org/10.1016/0031-9201 (77) 90108-
X) is used widely to make inferences about the domain state of magnetic mineral …

A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Reconstructing pre-Pangean supercontinents

DAD Evans - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Twenty-five years ago, initial plans for reconstructing the Rodinia supercontinent were being
drafted, based on the growing recognition of correlatable mid-Neoproterozoic (0.8–0.7 Ga) …

Geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains, from ancient craton to recent enigma

JW Goodge - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) are one of Earth's great mountain belts and
are a fundamental physiographic feature of Antarctica. They are continental-scale, traverse a …

Failed rifting and fast drifting: Midcontinent Rift development, Laurentia's rapid motion and the driver of Grenvillian orogenesis

NL Swanson-Hysell, J Ramezani… - GSA …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The late Mesoproterozoic was a time of large-scale tectonic activity both in the interior and
on the margins of Laurentia—most notably the development of the Midcontinent Rift and the …