Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

The non-cylindrical character of the Variscan Belt is established via a description of its most
salient geological characteristics and correlations among the main and relatively minor …

Global warming is widely regarded to have played a contributing role in numerous past
biotic crises. Here, we show that the end-Permian mass extinction coincided with a rapid …

As the chronicle of plate motions through time, paleogeography is fundamental to our
understanding of plate tectonics and its role in shaping the geology of the present-day. To …

Abstract The Sanandaj‐Sirjan zone of Iran is a northwest trending orogenic belt immediately
north of the Zagros suture, which represents the former position of the Neotethys Ocean. The …

Abstract The Permian/Triassic boundary approximately 251.9 million years ago marked the
most severe environmental crisis identified in the geological record, which dictated the …

Organic-rich continental and marine–continental (ie, transitional) shales are characterized
by numerous hydrocarbon production layers having an uneven horizontal distribution, which …

Earth's residual geoid is dominated by a degree-2 mode, with elevated regions above large
low shear-wave velocity provinces on the core–mantle boundary beneath Africa and the …

Along the northern border of Africa, Pangea breakup has been diachronic. During the
Jurassic, the Alpine Tethys propagated northeastward from the Atlantic to the Alps. During …

Abstract The Permian Chert Event (PCE) was an unusual global chert accumulation that
reflects tectonic–climatic–environmental changes during the late Paleozoic. South China …