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 …

Origin, accretion, and reworking of continents

R Zhu, G Zhao, W Xiao, L Chen… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The continental crust is unique to the Earth in the solar system, and controversies remain
regarding its origin, accretion and reworking of continents. The plate tectonics theory has …

The Río de la Plata Craton: a review of units, boundaries, ages and isotopic signature

P Oyhantçabal, S Siegesmund, K Wemmer - International Journal of Earth …, 2011 - Springer
A review of the lithostratigraphic units in the Río de la Plata Craton and of new and
previously published geochronological, isotopic and geophysical data is presented. Sm–Nd …

The Rio de la Plata craton and the adjoining Pan-African/brasiliano terranes: their origins and incorporation into south-west Gondwana

CW Rapela, CM Fanning, C Casquet, RJ Pankhurst… - Gondwana …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian amalgamation of SW Gondwana through the
Brasiliano/Pan-African orogeny is reviewed with emphasis on the role of the Río de la Plata …

From Rodinia to Gondwana with the 'SAMBA'model—a distant view from Baltica towards Amazonia and beyond

Å Johansson - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
A refined model of the late Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia is
presented, with Baltica, Amazonia and West Africa attached to eastern Laurentia as in the …

The core of Rodinia formed by the juxtaposition of opposed retreating and advancing accretionary orogens

EL Martin, CJ Spencer, WJ Collins, RJ Thomas… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Long-lived (800 Ma) Paleo–to Mesoproterozoic accretionary orogens on the
margins of Laurentia, Baltica, Amazonia, and Kalahari collided to form the core of the …

Anatomy of the transpressional Dom Feliciano Belt and its pre-collisional isotopic (Sr–Nd) signatures: A contribution towards an integrated model for the Brasiliano …

GB De Toni, M de Fátima Bitencourt, LM Florisbal… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dom Feliciano Belt evolution is reviewed based on cross-sections, space–time
diagrams, PT paths, and Sr–Nd isotopic data of pre-collisional metaigneous rocks. The belt …

Archean to early Neoproterozoic crustal growth of the southern South American Platform and its wide-reaching “African” origins

M Hueck, S Oriolo, MAS Basei, P Oyhantçabal… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
The amalgamation of southwestern Gondwana during the late Neoproterozoic
Brasiliano/Pan-African orogenic cycle involved the tectonic interaction of the Congo …

The Nico Pérez Terrane (Uruguay): from Archean crustal growth and connections with the Congo Craton to late Neoproterozoic accretion to the Río de la Plata Craton

S Oriolo, P Oyhantçabal, MAS Basei, K Wemmer… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
New U–Pb and first Hf data were obtained from the Nico Pérez and Piedra Alta Terranes as
well as from the Congo Craton. Results indicate that the Nico Pérez Terrane was mostly built …

Large geographic and temporal extensions of the Río de la Plata Craton, South America, and its metacratonic eastern margin

JOS Santos, CJ Chernicoff, EO Zappettini… - International Geology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Integration of existing isotopic and geological data allows a reconsideration of the
distribution and age of the Río de la Plata Craton within South America. The reinterpretation …