A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup

G Zhao, M Sun, SA Wilde, S Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Geological and paleomagnetic data support the hypothesis that a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic
supercontinent, referred to as Columbia, existed before the formation of Rodinia. This pre …

Precambrian greenstone sequences represent different ophiolite types

H Furnes, Y Dilek, M De Wit - Gondwana research, 2015 - Elsevier
We present here a global geochemical dataset from one hundred-and-five greenstone
sequences, ranging in age from the Eoarchean through the Archean and Proterozoic Eons …

LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt

Y Luo, M Sun, G Zhao, S Li, P Xu, K Ye, X Xia - Precambrian Research, 2004 - Elsevier
As a major lithostratigraphic unit of the Palaeoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt in the Eastern
Block of the North China Craton, the Liaohe Group consists of an assemblage that is …

Provenance record of a rift basin: U/Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Perth Basin, Western Australia

PA Cawood, AA Nemchin - Sedimentary Geology, 2000 - Elsevier
U/Pb dating of 588 detrital zircons by ion microprobe from Lower Triassic, Permian and
lower Paleozoic sandstone samples from the Perth Basin yield ages ranging from Archean …

A comparison of U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe Groups: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt …

Y Luo, M Sun, G Zhao, S Li, JC Ayers, X Xia… - Precambrian …, 2008 - Elsevier
The Jiao-Liao-Ji orogenic belt is one of the important Paleoproterozoic mobile belts in the
North China Craton (NCC) and its central segment consists of the North and South Liaohe …

Assembling and reactivating the Proterozoic Capricorn Orogen: lithotectonic elements, orogenies, and significance

PA Cawood, IM Tyler - Precambrian Research, 2004 - Elsevier
The Capricorn Orogen was initiated during Palaeoproterozoic suturing events that brought
together the Archaean Yilgarn and Pilbara cratons to form the West Australian Craton. The …

Did global tectonics drive early biosphere evolution? Carbon isotope record from 2.6 to 1.9 Ga carbonates of Western Australian basins

JF Lindsay, MD Brasier - Precambrian Research, 2002 - Elsevier
The δ13Ccarb record of well preserved carbonates in outcrop and core is here examined
from the 2.6 to 1.9 Ga old basins of Western Australia. These data, which are constrained by …

Palaeoproterozoic crustal accretion and collision in the southern Capricorn Orogen: the Glenburgh Orogeny

SA Occhipinti, S Sheppard, C Passchier, IM Tyler… - Precambrian …, 2004 - Elsevier
The Capricorn Orogen in central Western Australia records the Palaeoproterozoic collision
of the Archaean Pilbara and Yilgarn Cratons. Until recently only one orogenic event was …

Precambrian continental freeboard and geological evolution: a time perspective

PG Eriksson, R Mazumder, O Catuneanu… - Earth-Science …, 2006 - Elsevier
Continental crustal growth rates, crustal volumes/thicknesses, and continental freeboard are
considered to be intimately related; however none are easy to quantify, least of all in the …

Late Paleoproterozoic clockwise P–T history in the Mahakoshal Belt, Central Indian Tectonic zone: implications for Columbia supercontinent assembly

T Deshmukh, N Prabhakar, A Bhattacharya… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleo/Neoproterozoic Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) suggested being
continuous with the Capricorn Orogen of Western Australia (COWA) and the Trans North …