Establishing how tectonic plates have moved since deep time is essential for understanding
how Earth's geodynamic system has evolved and operates, thus answering longstanding …

The complex evolutionary history of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas,
including the continental blocks (Indian, Lhasa, South Qiangtang, Tarim, Olongbuluk …

A paleogeographic affinity of the south China craton (SCC) with India in the Neoproterozoic
has long been advocated based on lines of geological evidence. However, the lack of …

The striking coincidence of the Franklin large igneous province (LIP) and the Sturtian
glaciation onset ca. 717 million years ago (Ma) has inspired the hypothesis that either …

Abstract The upper Tonian ChUMP (Chuar-Uinta Mountains-Pahrump) strata of the
southwestern USA are hypothesized to be regional correlatives and to record a time of rift …

Neoproterozoic to Cambrian isolation of Laurentia during the breakup of Rodinia was
associated with multiple large igneous provinces, protracted multiphase rifting, and variable …

Laurentia is the craton that forms the Precambrian core of North America and was a major
continent throughout the majority of the Proterozoic following its amalgamation 1.8 billion …

The amalgamation of Laurentia's Archean provinces ca. 1830 Ma was followed by~ 700 my
of accretionary orogenesis along its active southeastern margin, marked by subduction of …

Neoproterozoic igneous rocks in the Panxi region from the western margin of the Yangtze
block, South China craton, record major changes in tectonic evolution and crustal thickness …

The Laramide foreland belt comprises a broad region of thick-skinned, contractional
deformation characterized by an anastomosing network of basement-cored arches and …