New maps of global geological provinces and tectonic plates

D Hasterok, JA Halpin, AS Collins, M Hand… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate spatial models of tectonic plates and geological terranes are important for
analyzing and interpreting a wide variety of geoscientific data and developing compositional …

Revisiting the paleogeographic framework of northeastern Gondwana in the late Paleozoic: Implications from detrital zircon analysis

B Gao, J Chen, W Qie, X Wang - Sedimentary Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Baoshan, Tengchong, Lhasa, South Qiangtang, and Sibumasu terranes were
part of Gondwana prior to rifting and drifting from the northern margin since the Early …

Untangling the evolution of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and the evaluation of the morphological phylogenetic signal in a soft‐bodied elateroid lineage

M Motyka, D Kusy, G Biffi, M Geiser, SV Kazantsev… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study addresses the long‐standing uncertainty about the internal classification of
soldier beetles (Elateroidea: Cantharidae). Four datasets were compiled and analysed: 66 …

Mid-Cretaceous drainage reorganization and exorheic to endorheic transition in Southeast Tibet

L Wang, L Ding, E Garzanti, L Shen, P Nulay… - Sedimentary …, 2022 - Elsevier
To understand the early topographic growth of the Tibetan Plateau and the causes and
effects of climate change in this region, it is important to reconstruct the drainage evolution …

The underestimated role of tectonics in the mid-Late Cretaceous desertification in SE Asia

L Wang, E Garzanti, F Cai, J Zhang, L Shen… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The relative roles of tectonics and climate change in global and regional desertification are
not well constrained. Previous studies have emphasized the role played by climate change …

Age, depositional history, and paleoclimatic setting of Early Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from the Sao Khua Formation (Khorat Group), Thailand

RT Tucker, EG Hyland, TA Gates, MR King… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
We describe the sedimentology, geochronology, and geochemistry of the Early Cretaceus
Sao Khua Formation of the Khorat Basin, northeastern Thailand, and report a temporal …

Revisiting the paleogeographic position of South China in Gondwana by geochemistry and UPb ages of detrital monazite grains from Cambrian sedimentary rocks

Y Xu, X Liang, PA Cawood, JW Zi, H Zhang, J Liu, Y Du - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
South China is placed in a range of positions along the northern margin of East Gondwana
in the early Paleozoic reflecting uncertainties in linking Usingle bondPb ages of detrital …

Estimating the relationship between South China and Gondwana based on big data analysis

Z Zhao, K Li, M Deng, EEDAH Khalaf, T Xia… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The situation of South China within the ancient continent Gondwana remains a
topic of discussion and controversy. The reconstruction of South China's linking to East …

[HTML][HTML] 羌北地块早-中志留世古地磁学初步研究结果及其构造意义

姜南, 吴汉宁, 李玉玉, 卫弼天, 周亚楠, 张伟杰, 高扬… - 地球物理学报, 2022 - dsjyj.com.cn
本文报道羌北地块早-中志留世龙木措组灰岩古地磁研究初步结果, 据此探讨羌北地块早-
中志留世的古位置及其起源问题. 在日土县龙木措北岸(34.4 N, 80.3 E) 龙木措组中采集了10 …

Linking the Paleozoic evolution of Hainan Island to Indochina and Australia: Implication for the paleogeography of the Eastern Tethys Ocean

H Zhang, Y Xu, PA Cawood, J Zi, J Zhou, Y Du - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Paleozoic paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of blocks within the eastern Tethyan
Orogenic Belt remains ambiguous due to limited and fragmentary geological records. New …