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 …

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 …

The chemical index of alteration (CIA) as a proxy for climate change during glacial-interglacial transitions in Earth history

P Wang, Y Du, W Yu, TJ Algeo, Q Zhou, Y Xu, L Qi… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The glacial-interglacial transitions of ice ages are associated with large, rapid changes in
climate, which potentially can be reconstructed from stratigraphic profiles of the chemical …

Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic long‐lived accretionary orogeny in the northern Tarim Craton

R Ge, W Zhu, SA Wilde, J He, X Cui, X Wang… - Tectonics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tarim Craton, located in the center of Asia, was involved in the assembly and
breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent during the Neoproterozoic and the subduction …

Global Meso-Neoproterozoic plate reconstruction and formation mechanism for Precambrian basins: Constraints from three cratons in China

S Li, X Li, G Wang, Y Liu, Z Wang, T Wang, X Cao… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Meso-Neoproterozoic period, sometimes referred to as the 'boring billion'or
'Earth's middle age', spans the interval between the formation of the Columbia and Rodina …

The Grenvillian orogeny in the Altun–Qilian–North Qaidam mountain belts of northern Tibet Plateau: Constraints from geochemical and zircon U–Pb age and Hf …

S Yu, J Zhang, PG del Real, X Zhao, K Hou… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
Numerous Neoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Altun–Qilian–North
Qaidam (AQNQ) region record Grenvillian orogenesis and amalgamation of the …

Early Neoproterozoic magmatic imprints in the Altun-Qilian-Kunlun region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Response to the assembly and breakup of Rodinia …

Y Peng, S Yu, S Li, J Zhang, Y Liu, Y Li… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Altun-Qilian-Kunlun Mountain (AQK), located on the northeastern margin of the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, experienced multiple Neoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic …

Neoproterozoic paleogeography of the Tarim Block: An extended or alternative “missing-link” model for Rodinia?

B Wen, DAD Evans, YX Li - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent reconstructions of the Rodinia supercontinent and its breakup incorporate South
China as a “missing link” between Australia and Laurentia, and place the Tarim craton …

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of Neoproterozoic strata in the Aksu area, northwestern Tarim Craton: Implications for supercontinent reconstruction and …

J He, W Zhu, R Ge, B Zheng, H Wu - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The northern margin of the Tarim Craton plays a pivotal role in understanding the crustal
evolution and supercontinent reconstruction of the Tarim Craton. Here we integrate LA-ICP …

Balkatach hypothesis: A new model for the evolution of the Pacific, Tethyan, and Paleo-Asian oceanic domains

AV Zuza, A Yin - Geosphere, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Phanerozoic history of the Paleo-Asian, Tethyan, and Pacific oceanic domains is
important for unraveling the tectonic evolution of the Eurasian and Laurentian continents …