Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

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 formation of Pangea

GM Stampfli, C Hochard, C Vérard, C Wilhem - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The making of Pangea is the result of large-scale amalgamation of continents and micro-
continents, which started at the end of the Neoproterozoic with the formation of Gondwana …

[HTML][HTML] The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt

JRM Catalan, K Schulmann, JF Ghienne - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Continental arc volcanism as the principal driver of icehouse-greenhouse variability

NR McKenzie, BK Horton, SE Loomis, DF Stockli… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Variations in continental volcanic arc emissions have the potential to control atmospheric
carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and climate change on multimillion-year time scales. Here we …

Two plates—many subduction zones: the Variscan orogeny reconsidered

U Kroner, RL Romer - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Variscides of Europe and N-Africa are the result of the convergence of the plates of
Gondwana and Laurussia in the Paleozoic. This orogen is characterized by the juxtaposition …

[HTML][HTML] The Brasiliano collage in South America: a review

BBB Neves, RA Fuck, MM Pimentel - Brazilian Journal of Geology, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Analysis of recent geological and geochronological data from the basement of the South
American platform indicates that the Brasiliano orogenic collage took place in four distinct …

Evolution of the Rheic ocean

RD Nance, G Gutiérrez-Alonso, JD Keppie… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Rheic Ocean, which separated Laurussia from Gondwana following the closure of
Iapetus, is arguably the most important ocean of the Palaeozoic. Its suture extends from …

The configuration of Greater Gondwana—Evidence from LA ICPMS, U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic of Southeast Asia and …

C Burrett, K Zaw, S Meffre, CK Lai, S Khositanont… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
Detrital zircons from samples of Palaeozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary rocks have been
collected in Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and China, dated by the LA …

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 …