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 …

Evolution of the Rheic ocean

RD Nance, G Gutiérrez-Alonso, JD Keppie… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Rheic Ocean, which separated Laurussia from Gondwana following the closure of
Iapetus, is arguably the most important ocean of the Palaeozoic. Its suture extends from …

Collision vs. subduction-related magmatism: two contrasting ways of granite formation and implications for crustal growth

JF Moyen, O Laurent, C Chelle-Michou, S Couzinié… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Earth's continental crust is dominantly made of buoyant, felsic igneous material (granitoids),
that was ultimately extracted from the mantle as a result of Earth's differentiation. Since felsic …

Combined U–Pb and Hf isotope LA-(MC-) ICP-MS analyses of detrital zircons: comparison with SHRIMP and new constraints for the provenance and age of an …

A Gerdes, A Zeh - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006 - Elsevier
Uranium–lead ages obtained by LA-ICP-MS analyses of zircon cores from a high-grade
Armorican metasediment from the Mid-German Crystalline Rise, Central Germany, yield …

Earth's glacial record and its tectonic setting

N Eyles - Earth-Science Reviews, 1993 - Elsevier
Glaciations have occurred episodically at different time intervals and for different durations in
Earth's history. Ice covers have formed in a wide range of plate tectonic and structural …

Neoproterozoic-early Palaeozoic tectonostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the peri-Gondwanan terranes: Amazonian v. West African connections

RD Nance, JB Murphy, RA Strachan… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract Within the Appalachian–Variscan orogen of North America and southern Europe lie
a collection of terranes that were distributed along the northern margin of West Gondwana in …

Neoproterozoic—Early Paleozoic evolution of peri-Gondwanan terranes: implications for Laurentia-Gondwana connections

JB Murphy, SA Pisarevsky, RD Nance… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Neoproterozoic tectonics is dominated by the amalgamation of the supercontinent Rodinia
at ca. 1.0 Ga, its breakup at ca. 0.75 Ga, and the collision between East and West …

A Cordilleran model for the evolution of Avalonia

RD Nance, JB Murphy, JD Keppie - Tectonophysics, 2002 - Elsevier
Striking similarities between the late Mesoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic record of Avalonia
and the Late Paleozoic–Cenozoic history of western North America suggest that the North …

Protracted, coeval crust and mantle melting during Variscan late-orogenic evolution: U–Pb dating in the eastern French Massif Central

O Laurent, S Couzinié, A Zeh, O Vanderhaeghe… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The late stages of the Variscan orogeny are characterized by middle to lower crustal melting
and intrusion of voluminous granitoids throughout the belt, which makes it akin to “hot” …

The geology of Spain

W Gibbons, T Moreno - 2002 - books.google.com
The Society makes every effort to ensure that the scientific and production quality of its
books matches that of its journals. Since 1997, all book proposals have been refereed by …