The pre-Mesozoic metamorphic basement of Mexico, 1.5 billion years of crustal evolution

F Ortega-Gutiérrez, M Elías-Herrera… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The pre-Mesozoic metamorphic geology of Mexico is summarized in this review through the
integral analysis of 11 deep orogenic systems composed altogether of more than 20 …

Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: a synthesis

ZX Li, SV Bogdanova, AS Collins, A Davidson… - Precambrian …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents a brief synthesis of the current state of knowledge on the formation and
break-up of the early-Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia, and the subsequent assembly …

The East European Craton (Baltica) before and during the assembly of Rodinia

SV Bogdanova, B Bingen, R Gorbatschev… - Precambrian …, 2008 - Elsevier
Prior to participating in Rodinia, the East European Craton (Baltica) had undergone a
complex process of development. Many of the structures, which were important during the …

The Putumayo Orogen of Amazonia and its implications for Rodinia reconstructions: New U–Pb geochronological insights into the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of …

M Ibanez-Mejia, J Ruiz, VA Valencia, A Cardona… - Precambrian …, 2011 - Elsevier
Outcrops of late Meso-to early Neoproterozoic crust in northwestern South America are
restricted to isolated exposures of basement inliers within the northern Andes of Colombia …

Assessing trace element (dis) equilibrium and the application of single element thermometers in metamorphic rocks

AM Cruz-Uribe, MD Feineman, T Zack, DE Jacob - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Empirical and experimental calibration of single element solubility thermometers, such as Zr-
in-rutile, Zr-in-titanite, Ti-in-zircon, and Ti-in-quartz, within the past 13 years has greatly …

Terranes of Mexico revisited: A 1.3 billion year odyssey

JD Keppie - International Geology Review, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
During the Precambrian and Paleozoic, Mexican terranes were either part of or proximal to
Laurentia and Middle America (basements of Mesozoic Maya, Oaxaquia, and Chortis …

New insights into the history and origin of the southern Maya block, SE México: U–Pb–SHRIMP zircon geochronology from metamorphic rocks of the Chiapas massif

B Weber, A Iriondo, WR Premo, L Hecht… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
The histories of the pre-Mesozoic landmasses in southern México and their connections with
Laurentia, Gondwana, and among themselves are crucial for the understanding of the Late …

Unraveling crustal growth and reworking processes in complex zircons from orogenic lower-crust: The Proterozoic Putumayo Orogen of Amazonia

M Ibanez-Mejia, A Pullen, J Arenstein, GE Gehrels… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
High-grade basement massifs exposed in the northern Andes and the buried basement of
the adjacent Putumayo foreland basin contain a record of Amazonia's involvement in the …

Grenvillian remnants in the Northern Andes: Rodinian and Phanerozoic paleogeographic perspectives

A Cardona, D Chew, VA Valencia, G Bayona… - Journal of South …, 2010 - Elsevier
Grenvillian crust is encountered in several basement inliers in the northern Andes of
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and is also represented as a major detrital or inherited …

Significance of provenance ages from the Chiapas Massif Complex (southeastern Mexico): redefining the Paleozoic basement of the Maya Block and its evolution in a …

B Weber, VA Valencia, P Schaaf… - The Journal of …, 2008 - journals.uchicago.edu
Medium-to high-grade metasedimentary rocks are exposed as isolated domains in mostly
metaigneous crystalline rocks of the Chiapas Massif Complex (CMC), which forms the …