The Neoproterozoic global reorganisation that saw the demise of Rodinia and the amalgamation of Gondwana took place during an incredibly dynamic period of Earth …
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 …
X Wang, T Wang, C Zhang - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
The Qinling Orogen is one of the main orogenic belts in Asia and is characterized by multi- stage orogenic processes and the development of voluminous magmatic intrusions. The …
The assembly of the eastern part of Gondwana (eastern Africa, Arabian–Nubian shield (ANS), Seychelles, India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, East Antarctica and Australia) resulted …
Y Wang, F Zhang, W Fan, G Zhang, S Chen… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Zircon U‐Pb geochronological data on over 900 zircon grains for Cambrian to Silurian sandstone samples from the South China Block constrain the pre‐Devonian tectonic setting …
The origin of the Antarctic continent can be traced to a relatively small late Archaean cratonic nucleus centred on the Terre Adélie regions of East Antarctica and the Gawler Craton region …
Detailed LAM-ICPMS U–Pb dating and LAM-MC-ICPMS Lu–Hf isotope analysis were carried out on zircons from nine samples of basement metamorphic rocks in the southern …
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 …
To this day, there is a great amount of controversy about where, when and how the so-called supercontinents--Pangea, Godwana, Rodinia, and Columbia--were made and broken …