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 …

Paleomagnetic constraints on the paleogeography of the East Asian blocks during Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic times

B Huang, Y Yan, JDA Piper, D Zhang, Z Yi, S Yu… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although the axial and dominant geocentric character of the Earth's magnetic field means
that paleolongitude is indeterminate, paleomagnetism is otherwise the only truly quantitative …

Nature and assembly of microcontinental blocks within the Paleo-Asian Ocean

JB Zhou, SA Wilde, GC Zhao, J Han - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The microcontinental blocks in the CAOB include the combined NE China blocks
(comprising the Erguna, Xing'an, Songliao and Jimusi-Khanka blocks) in the eastern …

Neoproterozoic glaciations in a revised global palaeogeography from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Gondwanaland

ZX Li, DAD Evans, GP Halverson - Sedimentary Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
This review paper presents a set of revised global palaeogeographic maps for the 825–540
Ma interval using the latest palaeomagnetic data, along with lithological information for …

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 …

A review of the western part of the Altaids: a key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens

W Xiao, B Huang, C Han, S Sun, J Li - Gondwana Research, 2010 - Elsevier
The Altaids is one of the largest accretionary collages in the world, and the tectonic styles of
the accretionary processes have been interpreted in several ways, including as an …

End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental …

WJ Xiao, BF Windley, BC Huang, CM Han… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Springer
The Altaids is one of the largest accretionary orogenic collages in the world with the highest
rate of Phanerozoic continental growth and significant metallogenic importance. It is widely …

Detrital and xenocrystic zircon ages from Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic arc terranes of Mongolia: significance for the origin of crustal fragments in the Central Asian …

Y Rojas-Agramonte, A Kröner, A Demoux, X Xia… - Gondwana …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt contains many Precambrian crustal fragments whose origin
is unknown, and previous speculations suggested these to be derived from either Siberia …

Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Tarim Block, NW China: new geochronological insights from the Quruqtagh domain

LS Shu, XL Deng, WB Zhu, DS Ma, WJ Xiao - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Tarim Block is an important tectonic unit to understand the Proterozoic tectonic
framework of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and the supercontinent Rodinia. The granitic …