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 …

The Río de la Plata craton and the assembly of SW Gondwana

CW Rapela, RJ Pankhurst, C Casquet… - Earth-Science …, 2007 - Elsevier
The extent and nature of the Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic craton of Río de la Plata of
southern South America, a major but poorly understood crustal component in …

A Damara orogen perspective on the assembly of southwestern Gondwana

DR Gray, DA Foster, JG Meert… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Pan-African Damara orogenic system records Gondwana amalgamation
involving serial suturing of the Congo–São Francisco and Río de la Plata cratons (North …

The Tandilia System of Argentina as a southern extension of the Río de la Plata craton: an overview

CA Cingolani - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2011 - Springer
The southernmost outcrops of the Río de la Plata cratonic region are exposed in the Tandilia
System in eastern Argentina. The geological evolution comprises mainly an igneous …

Late Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian palaeogeography: models and problems

SA Pisarevsky, JB Murphy, PA Cawood… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
We present two alternative sets of global palaeogeographical reconstructions for the time
interval 615–530 Ma using competing high and low-latitude palaeomagnetic data subsets …

Evidence for large disturbances of the Ediacaran geomagnetic field from West Africa

B Robert, F Corfu, M Domeier, O Blein - Precambrian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Constraining the paleogeography of the Ediacaran is crucial for understanding the extensive
tectonic, biological and geochemical changes that occurred during that epoch …

[PDF][PDF] Was there an Ediacaran Clymene ocean in central South America?

UG Cordani, MM Pimentel, CEG De Araújo… - American Journal of …, 2013 - ajsonline.org
Previous studies have proposed that a major suture resulted from the collision between the
Amazonian and São Francisco-Congo cratons during the Cambrian, following the closure of …

The Ediacaran apparent polar wander path of the Río de la Plata craton revisited: Paleogeographic implications

A Cukjati, PR Franceschinis, MJ Arrouy, LEG Peral… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Ediacaran apparent polar wander path (APWP) for the Rio de la Plata Craton was
analyzed and a new alternative path is presented. This revised path was constructed …

Assembly of central Gondwana along the Zambezi Belt: Metamorphic response and basement reactivation during the Kuunga Orogeny

B Goscombe, DA Foster, D Gray, B Wade - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Central Gondwana was assembled by three continental collisions in relatively quick
succession: late Cryogenian East Africa Orogen, early Ediacaran West Antarctica Orogen …