Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic

AS Merdith, SE Williams, AS Collins, MG Tetley… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

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 …

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 …

Geochronology of Neoproterozoic syn-rift magmatism in the Yangtze Craton, South China and correlations with other continents: evidence for a mantle superplume …

ZX Li, XH Li, PD Kinny, J Wang, S Zhang, H Zhou - Precambrian Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic granitic intrusions in South China have traditionally been interpreted as
related to orogenesis, marking the cratonisation of the Yangtze Block. However, a number of …

A synopsis of events related to the assembly of eastern Gondwana

JG Meert - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
The assembly of the eastern part of Gondwana (eastern Africa, Arabian–Nubian shield
(ANS), Seychelles, India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, East Antarctica and Australia) resulted …

Amalgamating eastern Gondwana: the evolution of the Circum-Indian Orogens

AS Collins, SA Pisarevsky - Earth-Science Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The Neoproterozoic global reorganisation that saw the demise of Rodinia and the
amalgamation of Gondwana took place during an incredibly dynamic period of Earth …

Antarctica—before and after Gondwana

SD Boger - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The origin of the Antarctic continent can be traced to a relatively small late Archaean cratonic
nucleus centred on the Terre Adélie regions of East Antarctica and the Gawler Craton region …

Terra Australis Orogen: Rodinia breakup and development of the Pacific and Iapetus margins of Gondwana during the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic

PA Cawood - Earth-Science Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The Pacific Ocean formed through Neoproterozoic rifting of Rodinia and despite a long
history of plate convergence, this ocean has never subsequently closed. The record of …

Peninsular India in Gondwana: The tectonothermal evolution of the Southern Granulite Terrain and its Gondwanan counterparts

AS Collins, C Clark, D Plavsa - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Peninsular India forms a keystone in Gondwana, linking the East African and Malagasy
orogens with Ediacaran–Cambrian orogenic belts in Sri Lanka and the Lützow Holm Bay …

LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Neoproterozoic igneous rocks from Northern Guangxi, South China: Implications for tectonic evolution

XL Wang, JC Zhou, JS Qiu, WL Zhang, XM Liu… - Precambrian …, 2006 - Elsevier
The western end of the Proterozoic Jiangnan orogen is located at the Northern Guangxi,
South China. Neoproterozoic granitoids are dominant (> 90%) in the area, with ca. 8% being …