[HTML][HTML] A dynamic 2000—540 Ma Earth history: From cratonic amalgamation to the age of supercontinent cycle
Establishing how tectonic plates have moved since deep time is essential for understanding
how Earth's geodynamic system has evolved and operates, thus answering longstanding …
how Earth's geodynamic system has evolved and operates, thus answering longstanding …
Snowballs in Africa: sectioning a long-lived Neoproterozoic carbonate platform and its bathyal foreslope (NW Namibia)
Abstract Otavi Group is a 1.5–3.5-km-thick epicontinental marine carbonate succession of
Neoproterozoic age, exposed in an 800-km-long Ediacaran− Cambrian fold belt that rims …
Neoproterozoic age, exposed in an 800-km-long Ediacaran− Cambrian fold belt that rims …
How Large Igneous Provinces affect global climate, sometimes cause mass extinctions, and represent natural markers in the geological record
Abstract Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) can have a significant global climatic effect as
monitored by sedimentary trace and isotopic compositions that record paleo …
monitored by sedimentary trace and isotopic compositions that record paleo …
[HTML][HTML] A geochronological review of magmatism along the external margin of Columbia and in the Grenville-age orogens forming the core of Rodinia
A total of 4344 magmatic U-Pb ages in the range 2300 to 800 Ma have been compiled from
the Great Proterozoic Accretionary Orogen along the margin of the Columbia/Nuna …
the Great Proterozoic Accretionary Orogen along the margin of the Columbia/Nuna …
Age correlation of Large Igneous Provinces with Devonian biotic crises
RE Ernst, SA Rodygin, OM Grinev - Global and Planetary Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) are emerging as a significant driver of short
duration climatic change including mass extinctions. Here we compare the record of LIPs …
duration climatic change including mass extinctions. Here we compare the record of LIPs …
Origins of kimberlites and carbonatites during continental collision–insights beyond decoupled Nd-Hf isotopes
S Tappe, A Stracke, D van Acken, H Strauss… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the past two decades significant progress has been made in understanding the
origin and evolution of kimberlites, including relationships to other diamondiferous magma …
origin and evolution of kimberlites, including relationships to other diamondiferous magma …
Giant circumferential dyke swarms: catalogue and characteristics
KL Buchan, RE Ernst - Dyke swarms of the world: A modern perspective, 2019 - Springer
Giant circumferential dyke swarms have a primary geometry that is quasi-circular or quasi-
elliptical. Examples and possible examples described previously or identified in this study …
elliptical. Examples and possible examples described previously or identified in this study …
Coupled supercontinent–mantle plume events evidenced by oceanic plume record
The most dominant features in the present-day lower mantle are the two antipodal African
and Pacific large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs). How and when these two …
and Pacific large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs). How and when these two …
U-Pb baddeleyite dating of the Proterozoic Pará de Minas dyke swarm in the São Francisco craton (Brazil)–implications for tectonic correlation with the Siberian …
U–Pb baddeleyite ages demonstrate the presence of three dyke generations within the NW-
trending Pará de Minas swarm (São Francisco craton, South America), dated at ca. 1795 Ma …
trending Pará de Minas swarm (São Francisco craton, South America), dated at ca. 1795 Ma …
Kimberlite and carbonatite dykes within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic classifications and …
Abstract The ca. 1153 Ma Premier kimberlite pipe on the Kaapvaal craton has been intruded
by late-stage kimberlite and carbonatite magmas forming discrete 0.5 to 5 m wide dykes …
by late-stage kimberlite and carbonatite magmas forming discrete 0.5 to 5 m wide dykes …