Secular evolution of continents and the Earth system

PA Cawood, P Chowdhury, JA Mulder… - Reviews of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding of secular evolution of the Earth system is based largely on the rock and
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …

Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic

AS Merdith, SE Williams, AS Collins, MG Tetley… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan …

K Zong, R Klemd, Y Yuan, Z He, J Guo, X Shi, Y Liu… - Precambrian …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
An early extensive Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) continental magmatic arc system covering
hundreds of kilometers has been reported to occur in the South Beishan Orogenic Belt …

Reconstructing South China in phanerozoic and precambrian supercontinents

PA Cawood, G Zhao, J Yao, W Wang, Y Xu… - Earth-Science …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The history of the South China Craton and the constituent Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks are
directly linked to Earth's Phanerozoic and Precambrian record of supercontinent assembly …

A tale of amalgamation of three Permo-Triassic collage systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, sutures, and terminal accretion

W **ao, BF Windley, S Sun, J Li… - Annual review of …, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt records the accretion and convergence of three collage
systems that were finally rotated into two major oroclines. The Mongolia collage system was …

[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

[HTML][HTML] Gondwana's interlinked peripheral orogens

PA Cawood, EL Martin, JB Murphy… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract After its Ediacaran-Early Cambrian assembly, Gondwana was flanked by a system
of peripheral orogens, Terra Australis, Avalonian-Cadomian and newly defined North Indo …

[HTML][HTML] Linking collisional and accretionary orogens during Rodinia assembly and breakup: Implications for models of supercontinent cycles

PA Cawood, RA Strachan, SA Pisarevsky… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Periodic assembly and dispersal of continental fragments has been a characteristic of the
solid Earth for much of its history. Geodynamic drivers of this cyclic activity are inferred to be …

Tectonic evolution of the Sevier and Laramide belts within the North American Cordillera orogenic system

WA Yonkee, AB Weil - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The thin-skin Sevier and thick-skin Laramide belts of the North American Cordillera provide
a long-term record of the interrelations between evolving styles of mountain building and …

The western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: a window to accretionary orogenesis and continental growth

W **ao, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The architecture of accretionary orogens is a key to understand continental growth. Here we
present an overview of the orogenic components and their amalgamation in the western …