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 …

[HTML][HTML] A dynamic 2000—540 Ma Earth history: From cratonic amalgamation to the age of supercontinent cycle

ZX Li, Y Liu, R Ernst - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Establishing how tectonic plates have moved since deep time is essential for understanding
how Earth's geodynamic system has evolved and operates, thus answering longstanding …

A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic

AS Merdith, AS Collins, SE Williams, S Pisarevsky… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic tectonic geography was dominated by the formation of the supercontinent
Rodinia, its break-up and the subsequent amalgamation of Gondwana. The Neoproterozoic …

Neoproterozoic glaciations in a revised global palaeogeography from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Gondwanaland

ZX Li, DAD Evans, GP Halverson - Sedimentary Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
This review paper presents a set of revised global palaeogeographic maps for the 825–540
Ma interval using the latest palaeomagnetic data, along with lithological information for …

Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: a synthesis

ZX Li, SV Bogdanova, AS Collins, A Davidson… - Precambrian …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents a brief synthesis of the current state of knowledge on the formation and
break-up of the early-Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia, and the subsequent assembly …

The magnificent seven: A proposal for modest revision of the quality index

JG Meert, AF Pivarunas, DAD Evans, SA Pisarevsky… - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Thirty years ago, Rob Van der Voo proposed an elegant and simple system for
evaluating the quality of paleomagnetic data. As a second-year Ph. D. student, the lead …

Stable isotope geochemistry of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie–Sulu orogen in China: implications for geodynamics and fluid regime

YF Zheng, B Fu, B Gong, L Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Discovery of coesite, diamond, and extreme 18O-depletion in eclogites from the Dabie–Sulu
orogen in central-east China has contributed much to our understanding of subduction of …

[KNIHA][B] Earth as an evolving planetary system

KC Condie - 2021 - books.google.com
Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the
evolution and interaction through time of Earth's crust, mantle, core, atmosphere …

The Yanbian terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): a Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze block

MF Zhou, Y Ma, DP Yan, X **a, JH Zhao, M Sun - Precambrian Research, 2006 - Elsevier
The magmatic and tectonic history of the Yangtze Block and its possible affinity with other
Neoproterozoic arc terranes are important elements in the reconstruction of Neoproterozoic …

Detrital zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope constrains on the generation and reworking of Precambrian continental crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: a synthesis

XH Li, ZX Li, WX Li - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Block, consisting of the Yangtze and the Cathaysia blocks, is one
of the largest Precambrian blocks in eastern Asia. However, the early history of the …