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 …

Abstract The Wilson Cycle theory that oceans close and reopen along the former suture is a
fundamental concept in plate tectonics. It was named after J. Tuzo Wilson who recognised …

The spatial coverage and temporal resolution of the Early Paleozoic paleoclimate record are
limited, primarily due to the paucity of well-preserved skeletal material commonly used for …

Abstract Distinctive uppermost Ediacaran–Ordovician rocks (Avalonian overstep sequence)
were key in definition of Avalonia, which comprises large areas of the NE Appalachians and …

The tectonics, dynamics, and biogeographic landscape of the early Paleozoic were
dominated by the opening and expansion of one large ocean—the Rheic—and the …

ABSTRACT Views of the Superior Province as an accretionary orogen have developed over
the past two decades as a result of recognition of numerous distinct protocontinental and …

Abstract West and East Ganderia in the northern Appalachians and Caledonides,
respectively, represent a Gondwanan superterrane situated along the Tornquist margin of …

The Lajishan ophiolite complex in the Qilian Orogen is one of several ophiolites situated
between the Qaidam and North China blocks that record episodic closure of the Proto …

Abstract The Iapetus Ocean was the first ancient ocean to be identified following the
development of plate tectonics; its history has been fundamental in relating orogenesis and …

Major late Paleozoic faults, many with documented strike‐slip motion, have dissected the
Ordovician‐Devonian Appalachian orogen in the Maritime Provinces of Atlantic Canada …