A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces–In search of a causative mechanism

AL Peace, JJJ Phethean, D Franke, GR Foulger… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The breakup of Pangaea was accompanied by extensive, episodic, magmatic activity.
Several Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) formed, such as the Central Atlantic Magmatic …

Triassic to Middle Jurassic geodynamic evolution of southwestern Gondwana: From a large flat-slab to mantle plume suction in a rollback subduction setting

C Navarrete, G Gianni, A Encinas, M Márquez… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel geodynamic evolution model of the southwestern region of Gondwana from the late
Triassic to the middle Jurassic period is proposed in this contribution, based on new data …

[PDF][PDF] SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sr-Nd isotopes of Ni-Cu-Bearing Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions in Eastern Tianshan and Beishan in correlation with flood …

K Qin, B Su, PA Sakyi, D Tang, X Li, H Sun… - American Journal of …, 2011 - ajsonline.org
Zircon SIMS U-Pb dating of the Poshi, Hongshishan, Bijiashan, and Huangshan Ni-Cu-
bearing and Xiangshan Ni-Cu-Ti-Fe-bearing mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Eastern …

Multistage evolution of dolerites in the Karoo large igneous province, Central South Africa

ER Neumann, H Svensen, CY Galerne… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Early Jurassic sheet-like intrusions (sills and dykes) are abundant in the Karoo Basin in
South Africa, and were emplaced as a part of the Karoo Large Igneous Province. Here we …

Magma flow in dyke swarms of the Karoo LIP: Implications for the mantle plume hypothesis

WW Hastie, MK Watkeys, C Aubourg - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The~ 183 Ma old Karoo Large Igneous Province extends across southern Africa
and is related to magmatism in Antarctica (west Dronning Maud Land and Transantarctic …

Global warming of the mantle beneath continents back to the Archaean

N Coltice, H Bertrand, P Rey, F Jourdan, BR Phillips… - Gondwana …, 2009 - Elsevier
Throughout its history, the Earth has experienced global magmatic events that correlate with
the formation of supercontinents. This suggests that the distribution of continents at the …

Subduction-induced mantle heterogeneity beneath Eastern Tianshan and Beishan: insights from Nd–Sr–Hf–O isotopic mapping of Late Paleozoic mafic–ultramafic …

BX Su, KZ Qin, H Sun, DM Tang, PA Sakyi, ZY Chu… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
Extensive late Paleozoic mafic–ultramafic complexes in the Eastern Tianshan and Beishan
regions in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) represent an ideal opportunity …

Madagascar volcanic provinces linked to the Gondwana break-up: Geochemical and isotopic evidences for contrasting mantle sources

JM Bardintzeff, JP Liégeois, B Bonin, H Bellon… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
After the Gondwana break-up and Greater India splitting off, Madagascar suffered volcanic
episodes. The Cretaceous Morondava flood basalt (CFB) province was emplaced ca. 93Ma …

Isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb, and Os) composition of highly magnesian dikes of Vestfjella, western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: a key to the origins of the Jurassic Karoo …

JS Heinonen, RW Carlson, AV Luttinen - Chemical Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
There is a substantial debate on the mantle sources and ultimate origins of continental flood
basalts (CFBs), eg, whether they are related to deep-seated thermal upwellings (ie mantle …

Geochemical characterization of a reconstructed 1110 Ma large igneous province

BR Choudhary, RE Ernst, YG Xu, DAD Evans… - Precambrian …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract 1110 Ma Large Igneous Province (LIP) fragments in the Kalahari craton, southern
Africa (Umkondo LIP); Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica; Bundelkhand portion of Indian …