Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma

M Seton, RD Müller, S Zahirovic, C Gaina… - Earth-Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data
and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the earth's surface …

The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs

MC Langer, MD Ezcurra, JS Bittencourt… - Biological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The oldest unequivocal records of Dinosauria were unearthed from Late Triassic rocks
(approximately 230 Ma) accumulated over extensional rift basins in southwestern Pangea …

Plate tectonic evolution of the southern margin of Eurasia in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic

J Golonka - Tectonophysics, 2004 - Elsevier
Thirteen time interval maps were constructed, which depict the Triassic to Neogene plate
tectonic configuration, paleogeography and general lithofacies of the southern margin of …

Late Triassic and Early Jurassic palaeogeography of the world

J Golonka - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2007 - Elsevier
A new version of global and regional palaeogeographic maps is presented for two time
intervals. These maps depict the plate tectonic configuration, palaeoenvironment and …

Climatic and biotic upheavals following the end-Permian mass extinction

C Romano, N Goudemand, TW Vennemann… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction is frequently described as delayed,,, with
complex ecological communities typically not found in the fossil record until the Middle …

The pre-orogenic detrital zircon record of the Peri-Gondwanan crust

T Stephan, UWE Kroner, RL Romer - Geological Magazine, 2019 - cambridge.org
We present a statistical approach to data mining and quantitatively evaluating detrital age
spectra for sedimentary provenance analyses and palaeogeographic reconstructions …

'Zipper-rift': a tectonic model for Neoproterozoic glaciations during the breakup of Rodinia after 750 Ma

N Eyles, N Januszczak - Earth-Science Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
The 'Snowball Earth'model of Hoffman et al.[Science 281 (1998) 1342] has stimulated
renewed interest in the causes of glaciation in Earth history and the sedimentary …

Mercury anomalies associated with three extinction events (Capitanian crisis, latest Permian extinction and the Smithian/Spathian extinction) in NW Pangea

SE Grasby, B Beauchamp, DPG Bond… - Geological …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Strata of Permian–Early Triassic age that include a record of three major extinction
events (Capitanian Crisis, Latest Permian Extinction and the Smithian/Spathian Extinction) …

Growth and demise of Permian biogenic chert along northwest Pangea: evidence for end-Permian collapse of thermohaline circulation

B Beauchamp, A Baud - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2002 - Elsevier
The Permian Chert Event (PCE) was a 30 Ma long episode of unusual chert accumulation
along the northwest margin of Pangea, and possibly worldwide. The onset of the PCE …

Plate-tectonic maps of the Phanerozoic

J Golonka - 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Thirty-two maps have been constructed which depict the plate-tectonic configuration,
paleogeography, and selected lithofacies for Phanerozoic time intervals from the earliest …