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 …

[HTML][HTML] An oblique subduction model for closure of the Proto-Tethys and Palaeo-Tethys oceans and creation of the Central China Orogenic Belt

MB Allen, S Song, C Wang, R Zeng, T Wen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Subduction and closure of the Proto-Tethys and Palaeo-Tethys oceans were important
events in the assembly of Eurasia, and created the Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) …

Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks of South China: Their separate positions in Gondwana until early Paleozoic juxtaposition

L Wang, S Lin, W **ao - Geology, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The position of South China in Gondwana remains controversial. In all previous
models, the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, the two major components of South China, were …

Paleogeographical reconstruction of the South China Block during Gondwana assembly using detrital apatite: Pan-African source affinity concealed by detrital zircon

EK Xue, D Chew, F Drakou, W Wang - Bulletin, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Detrital zircon provenance analysis plays a key role in reconstructions of past tectonic and
sedimentary environments. However, non-unique (or even erroneous) interpretations can be …

Linking accretionary orogens with continental crustal growth and stabilization: lessons from Patagonia

S Oriolo, PD González, EM Renda, MAS Basei… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
The origin of the continental crust and the tectonic significance of Paleozoic magmatic rocks
of Patagonia (southernmost South America) remain one of the main enigmas in the history of …

The tectonics of introversion and extroversion: redefining interior and exterior oceans in the supercontinent cycle

EL Martin, PA Cawood, JB Murphy… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Supercontinent amalgamation is described by the end-member kinematic processes of
introversion–closure of interior oceans; extroversion–closure of exterior oceans; or …

Distinct tectono-magmatism on the margins of Rodinia and Gondwana

GH Wu, X Chu, M Tang, W Li, F Chen - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The orogenic petrological processes associated with the amalgamation of Rodinia (ca. 1
Ga) and Gondwana (ca. 550 Ma) reflect distinct tectonic dynamics that might have …

Pannotia: To be or not to be?

RD Nance, DAD Evans, JB Murphy - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Following a decade during which its presence was widely accepted, the existence of the
putative Ediacaran supercontinent Pannotia has come into question since the turn of the …

Evidence for Neoproterozoic terrane accretion in the central Borborema Province, West Gondwana deduced by isotopic and geophysical data compilation

LC M. De Lira Santos, R G. de Oliveira… - International Geology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Borborema Province in NE Brazil is part of a large Neoproterozoic orogenic
system related to the assembly of West Gondwana. Its evolution is contentious, due to the …

Cambrian–Ordovician magmatic flare-up in NE Gondwana: A silicic large igneous province?

W Dan, JB Murphy, GJ Tang, XZ Zhang… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The origin of the Cambrian–Ordovician tectono-magmatic events affecting NE Gondwana
and the adjacent peri-Gondwanan terranes (eg, Himalaya, Lhasa, Southern Qiangtang …