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 …

[HTML][HTML] 江南造山带的形成与演化

王孝磊, 周金城, 陈昕, 张凤凤, 孙梓铭 - 矿物岩石地球化学通报, 2017 - html.rhhz.net
处于扬子地块和华夏地块之间的江南造山带是理解华南地壳演化, 岩浆过程和成矿效应的关键.
近年来, 围绕江南造山带的构造-岩浆演化产生了较大争论, 因而影响到对华南显生宙岩浆 …

Global record of 1600–700 Ma Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): implications for the reconstruction of the proposed Nuna (Columbia) and Rodinia supercontinents

RE Ernst, MTD Wingate, KL Buchan, ZX Li - Precambrian Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are commonly associated with breakup of continents, and
therefore, are a critical source of information to constrain paleocontinental reconstructions …

The Neoproterozoic assembly of Gondwana and its relationship to the Ediacaran–Cambrian radiation

JG Meert, BS Lieberman - Gondwana research, 2008 - Elsevier
The assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent during the waning stages of the Proterozoic
provides a tectonic backdrop for the myriad biological, climatological, tectonic and …

A review of Wilson Cycle plate margins: A role for mantle plumes in continental break-up along sutures?

SJH Buiter, TH Torsvik - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wilson Cycle theory that oceans close and reopen along the former suture is a
fundamental concept in plate tectonics. It was named after J. Tuzo Wilson who recognised …