Recognizing mantle plumes in the geological record

RE Ernst, KL Buchan - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Mantle plumes are recognized by domal uplift, triple junction rifting, and especially
the presence of a large igneous province (LIP), dominated in the Phanerozoic by flood …

Sedimentary manganese metallogenesis in response to the evolution of the Earth system

S Roy - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
The concentration of manganese in solution and its precipitation in inorganic systems are
primarily redox-controlled, guided by several Earth processes most of which were …

The geologic time scale

FM Gradstein, JG Ogg, MD Schmitz, GM Ogg - Boston, USA, 2012 - books.google.com
Construction and assembly of the Geologic Time Scale involves:(a) constructing a relative
(chronostratigraphic) standard scale for key periods in the Earth's rock record;(b) identifying …

Assembly, accretion and breakup of the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia Supercontinent: records in the North China Craton

G Zhao, M Sun, SA Wilde, S Li - Gondwana Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Established pre-Rodinian connections between cratonic blocks around the world lead to the
proposal of a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent, named Columbia, which may have …

Evidence and implications for a widespread magmatic shutdown for 250 My on Earth

KC Condie, C O'Neill, RC Aster - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of the global distribution of U/Pb ages of both subduction-related
granitoids and of detrital zircons suggests that a widespread reduction in magmatic activity …

Overview of the Meso-to Neoproterozoic evolution of the Vindhyan basin, central India

PK Bose, S Sarkar, S Chakrabarty, S Banerjee - Sedimentary Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
Despite its origin in a stable intracratonic basin, the Vindhyan Supergroup, central India,
embodies tectonic-driven depositional cycles of various orders. A marked change in …

A 2.5 Ga porphyry Cu–Mo–Au deposit at Malanjkhand, central India: implications for Late Archean continental assembly

HJ Stein, JL Hannah, A Zimmerman, RJ Markey… - Precambrian …, 2004 - Elsevier
Eight Re–Os ages from six molybdenite samples representative of the Cu–Mo–Au
mineralization at the giant Malanjkhand deposit in Madhya Pradesh were obtained using ID …

The current status of orogenesis in the Central Indian Tectonic Zone: A view from its Southern Margin

SK Bhowmik - Geological Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Central Indian Tectonic Zone, because of its critical position in the tectonic framework of
East Gondwanaland, holds insights into our understanding of the assembly and dispersal of …

Correlations between the Eastern Block of the North China Craton and the South Indian Block of the Indian shield: an Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic link

G Zhao, M Sun, SA Wilde - Precambrian Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Recent tectonometamorphic data reveal that the North China Craton formed by
amalgamation of an Eastern Block (EB) and a Western Block (WB) along the Trans-North …

Provenance of metasedimentary rocks in the northern Gawler Craton, Australia: implications for Palaeoproterozoic reconstructions

JL Payne, KM Barovich, M Hand - Precambrian Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Isotopic, geochemical and U–Pb zircon geochronological characteristics of the Nawa
Domain in the South Australian Craton, Australia, have been determined to place constraints …