Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Two plates—many subduction zones: the Variscan orogeny reconsidered

U Kroner, RL Romer - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Variscides of Europe and N-Africa are the result of the convergence of the plates of
Gondwana and Laurussia in the Paleozoic. This orogen is characterized by the juxtaposition …

Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review

LRM Cocks, TH Torsvik - Journal of the Geological Society, 2002 - lyellcollection.org
Very different palaeogeographical reconstructions have been produced by a combination of
palaeomagnetic and faunal data, which are re-evaluated on a global basis for the period …

Baltica from the late Precambrian to mid-Palaeozoic times: the gain and loss of a terrane's identity

LRM Cocks, TH Torsvik - Earth-Science Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The old terrane of Baltica occupies the mass of northern Europe eastwards to the Urals and
lies mostly to the north of the Trans-European Suture Zone. The core, the East European …

The south-western branch of the Variscan Belt: evidence from Morocco

A Michard, A Soulaimani, C Hoepffner, H Ouanaimi… - Tectonophysics, 2010 - Elsevier
This work is based on the compilation and re-evaluation of the most significant data, either
personal or from the literature, concerning the Moroccan Variscides. The latter constitute the …

Palaeozoic terranes and their lithospheric boundaries within the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ): a review

TC Pharaoh - Tectonophysics, 1999 - Elsevier
The Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ) is a broad and complex zone of terrane accretion
separating ancient lithosphere of the Baltic Shield and East European Craton (EEC) from the …

Palaeontological evidence bearing on global Ordovician–Silurian continental reconstructions

RA Fortey, LRM Cocks - Earth-Science Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
The discreteness or otherwise of major Ordovician and Silurian terranes can be recognised
by the shallow-water benthic faunas which lived upon them. Their borders are often …

The pre-orogenic detrital zircon record of the Peri-Gondwanan crust

T Stephan, UWE Kroner, RL Romer - Geological Magazine, 2019 - cambridge.org
We present a statistical approach to data mining and quantitatively evaluating detrital age
spectra for sedimentary provenance analyses and palaeogeographic reconstructions …

The Caledonian orogeny redefined

WS McKerrow, C Mac Niocaill… - Journal of the Geological …, 2000 - lyellcollection.org
Recent advances in our understanding of Palaeozoic tectonics, and in the precise dating of
tectonic events require exact definitions of terminology. The Caledonian Orogeny is here …

European geography in a global context from the Vendian to the end of the Palaeozoic

LRM Cocks, TH Torsvik - 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A succession of palaeogeographical reconstructions is presented, covering half the globe
and the time interval from the latest Proterozoic (Vendian) at 550 Ma to the end of the …