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 …

An outline of Early Proterozoic crustal evolution in the São Francisco craton, Brazil: a review

W Teixeira, MCH Figueiredo - Precambrian Research, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Proterozoic evolution of the São Francisco craton (SFC) occurred
between 1.8–2.5 Ga and includes the Transamazonian cycle (1.9–2.2 Ga), one of the main …

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 making and unmaking of a supercontinent: Rodinia revisited

JG Meert, TH Torsvik - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
During the Neoproterozoic, a supercontinent commonly referred to as Rodinia, supposedly
formed at ca. 1100 Ma and broke apart at around 800–700 Ma. However, continental fits (eg …

UPb and SmNd geochronologic studies of the eastern Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil: initial conclusions

WR Van Schmus, BB de Brito Neves… - Journal of South …, 1995 - Elsevier
The Borborema Province of NE Brasil comprises the central part of a wide Pan-African-
Brasiliano orogenetic belt that formed as a consequence of late Neoproterozoic …

The palaeomagnetically viable, long-lived and all-inclusive Rodinia supercontinent reconstruction

DAD Evans - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Palaeomagnetic apparent polar wander (APW) paths from the world's cratons at 1300–700
Ma can constrain the palaeogeographic possibilities for a long-lived and all-inclusive …

Giant radiating dyke swarms: their use in identifying pre-Mesozoic large igneous provinces and mantle plumes

RE Ernst, KL Buchan - Geophysical Monograph-American …, 1997 - books.google.com
The identification of large igneous provinces (LIPs) and associated mantle plumes has been
confined for the most part to the Mesozoic and Cenozoic record. With few exceptions, pre …

Models of Rodinia assembly and fragmentation

SA Pisarevsky, MTD Wingate, CMA Powell… - Geological Society …, 2003 - lyellcollection.org
Amongst existing palaeogeographic models of the Rodinia supercontinent, or portions
thereof, arguments have focused upon geological relations or palaeomagnetic results, but …

Palaeomagnetic configuration of continents during the Proterozoic

LJ Pesonen, SÅ Elming, S Mertanen, S Pisarevsky… - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
Palaeomagnetic data are used to study the configurations of continents during the
Proterozoic. Applying stringent reliability criteria, the positions of the continents at 12 times in …

The Proterozoic supercontinent Rodinia: paleomagnetically derived reconstructions for 1100 to 800 Ma

AB Weil, R Van der Voo, C Mac Niocaill… - Earth and Planetary …, 1998 - Elsevier
Well-dated paleomagnetic poles for the interval 1100–800 Ma have been compiled for the
Laurentia, Baltica, São Francisco, Congo and Kalahari cratons in order to construct apparent …