The late Paleozoic ice age (LPIA) consists of multiple glaciations that waxed and waned across Gondwana during the Carboniferous and Permian. Three key intervals are evaluated …
Archosaurs have a 250 million year record that originated shortly after the Permian-Triassic extinction event and is continued today by two extant clades, the crocodylians and the …
The South Atlantic rift basin evolved as a branch of a large Jurassic–Cretaceous intraplate rift zone between the African and South American plates during the final break-up of western …
M Fonnesu, D Palermo, M Galbiati… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
The discovery of the super-giant Coral and Mamba gas fields in the offshore of Northern Mozambique provides a unique insight into the architecture of a new deep-water play-type …
Understanding the dynamics of continental Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) relies on precise dating of basaltic rocks. LIP research has traditionally focused on dating lavas, often …
PR Cobbold, A Zanella, N Rodrigues… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2013 - Elsevier
Bedding-parallel fibrous veins are common worldwide in sedimentary basins, especially within strata of low permeability. The term “beef” refers to bedding-parallel veins of fibrous …
AM Sato, EJ Llambías, MAS Basei, CE Castro - Journal of South American …, 2015 - Elsevier
The intermediate to acid Choiyoi Magmatic Province is the most conspicuous feature along the Late Paleozic continental margin of southwestern Gondwana, and is generally regarded …
Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically …
The longevity of cratons is generally attributed to persistence of neutrally-to-positively buoyant and mechanically strong lithosphere that shields the cratonic crust from underlying …