Secular evolution of continents and the Earth system
Understanding of secular evolution of the Earth system is based largely on the rock and
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …
Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic
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 …
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …
Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia
Contrasting models for internal and external locations of South China within the Nuna and
Rodinia supercontinents can be resolved when the current lithotectonic associations of …
Rodinia supercontinents can be resolved when the current lithotectonic associations of …
Geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains, from ancient craton to recent enigma
JW Goodge - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) are one of Earth's great mountain belts and
are a fundamental physiographic feature of Antarctica. They are continental-scale, traverse a …
are a fundamental physiographic feature of Antarctica. They are continental-scale, traverse a …
[HTML][HTML] Basin redox and primary productivity within the Mesoproterozoic Roper Seaway
Abstract The ca. 1.4 Ga Roper Group of the greater McArthur Basin in northern Australia
comprises the sedimentary fill of one of the most extensive Precambrian hydrocarbon …
comprises the sedimentary fill of one of the most extensive Precambrian hydrocarbon …
Proterozoic tectonics of Hainan Island in supercontinent cycles: New insights from geochronological and isotopic results
Hainan Island in southwestern south China has 1.43 Ga crystalline rocks as part of the
Proterozoic basement rocks for the Cathaysia Block. Understanding Proterozoic tectonics of …
Proterozoic basement rocks for the Cathaysia Block. Understanding Proterozoic tectonics of …
Reconstructing South China in the Mesoproterozoic and its role in the Nuna and Rodinia supercontinents
South China, consisting of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks (including Hainan Island), is
characterized by episodic magmatism and lithospheric-scale tectonism during 1.7–1.0 Ga …
characterized by episodic magmatism and lithospheric-scale tectonism during 1.7–1.0 Ga …
Spatial and temporal variation in detrital zircon age provenance of the hydrocarbon-bearing upper Roper Group, Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia
B Yang, TM Smith, AS Collins, TJ Munson… - Precambrian …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The subsurface Beetaloo Sub-basin of the McArthur Basin, Northern Territory,
Australia, comprises a succession of shallow-water, dominantly marine, clastic sedimentary …
Australia, comprises a succession of shallow-water, dominantly marine, clastic sedimentary …
Kinematic constraints on the Rodinia to Gondwana transition
Earth's plate tectonic history during the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea is well
constrained from the seafloor spreading record, but evolving plate configurations during …
constrained from the seafloor spreading record, but evolving plate configurations during …
The Mesoproterozoic Baoban complex, South China: A missing fragment of western Laurentian lithosphere
New age data for the Baoban Complex, South China establishes that it lay outboard of
western Laurentia in the early Mesoproterozoic but was not part of the Cathaysia Block, with …
western Laurentia in the early Mesoproterozoic but was not part of the Cathaysia Block, with …