Ophiolites, and discussions on their origin and significance in Earth's history, have been
instrumental in the formulation, testing, and establishment of hypotheses and theories in …

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 …

Using full-colour palaeogeographical maps from the Cambrian to the present, this
interdisciplinary volume explains how plate motions and surface volcanism are linked to …

Many aspects of deep-time Earth System models, including mantle convection,
paleoclimatology, paleobiogeography and the deep Earth carbon cycle, require high …

Detrital zircon spectra reflect the tectonic setting of the basin in which they are deposited.
Convergent plate margins are characterized by a large proportion of zircon ages close to the …

As the chronicle of plate motions through time, paleogeography is fundamental to our
understanding of plate tectonics and its role in shaping the geology of the present-day. To …

New palaeogeographical reconstructions are presented at 10 myr intervals from the Lower
Cambrian at 540 Ma to the Lower Devonian at 400 Ma, showing continental crustal …

Abstract The evolution of South China involved accretion-collision of multiple terranes from
the Proterozoic to the Mesozoic. Zircon U-Pb ages, Hf data, and structural data indicate that …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

The large Palaeozoic continent of Laurentia was largely in North America, but included parts
of modern Europe. It was independent from late Neoproterozoic times at about 570Ma until it …