Supercontinents signify self-organization in plate tectonics. Over the past~ 2 billion years,
three major supercontinents have been identified, with increasing age: Pangaea, Rodinia …

Astronomical insolation forcing is well established as the underlying metronome of
Quaternary ice ages and Cenozoic climate changes. Yet its effects on earlier eras …

Abstract The Australia-Laurentia connection in the Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic
supercontinent Nuna is thought to have initiated by ca. 1.6 Ga when both continents were …

We present statistical analysis of a compilation of observational constraints on the
Precambrian length of day and find that the day length stalled at about 19 h for about 1 …

Supercontinent amalgamation is described by the end-member kinematic processes of
introversion–closure of interior oceans; extroversion–closure of exterior oceans; or …

The accumulation of oxygen is one of the most important characteristics that distinguish
Earth from other planets in the solar system, which is also considered to be the key factor …

Abstract The ca. 1.5–1.3 Ga Roper Group of the greater McArthur Basin is a component of
one of the most extensive Precambrian hydrocarbon-bearing basins preserved in the …

The snowball Earth hypothesis—that a runaway ice-albedo feedback can cause global
glaciation—seeks to explain low-latitude glacial deposits, as well as geological anomalies …

Abstract North China Craton is one of the old cratons preserved continues recording of the
early evolution of eukaryotes. Organic wall microfossils (OWMs) of eukaryotic affinity have …

The mid-Proterozoic, spanning 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago, is recognized as a phase of
marine anoxia, low marine primary productivity (MPP), and constrained eukaryotic …