Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma

M Seton, RD Müller, S Zahirovic, C Gaina… - Earth-Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data
and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the earth's surface …

Glacial paradoxes during the late Paleozoic ice age: Evaluating the equilibrium line altitude as a control on glaciation

JL Isbell, LC Henry, EL Gulbranson, CO Limarino… - Gondwana …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

[图书][B] The early evolution of archosaurs: relationships and the origin of major clades

SJ Nesbitt - 2009 - search.proquest.com
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 …

Kinematics of the South Atlantic rift

C Heine, J Zoethout, RD Müller - Solid Earth, 2013 - se.copernicus.org
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 …

A new world-class deep-water play-type, deposited by the syndepositional interaction of turbidity flows and bottom currents: The giant Eocene Coral Field in northern …

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 …

Rapid magma emplacement in the Karoo large igneous province

H Svensen, F Corfu, S Polteau, Ø Hammer… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Bedding-parallel fibrous veins (beef and cone-in-cone): Worldwide occurrence and possible significance in terms of fluid overpressure, hydrocarbon generation and …

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 …

Three stages in the Late Paleozoic to Triassic magmatism of southwestern Gondwana, and the relationships with the volcanogenic events in coeval basins

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 calibrations for the arthropod Tree of Life

JM Wolfe, AC Daley, DA Legg, GD Edgecombe - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Modification of the Western Gondwana craton by plume–lithosphere interaction

J Hu, L Liu, M Faccenda, Q Zhou, KM Fischer… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
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 …