The supercontinent cycle

RN Mitchell, N Zhang, J Salminen, Y Liu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Supercontinents signify self-organization in plate tectonics. Over the past~ 2 billion years,
three major supercontinents have been identified, with increasing age: Pangaea, Rodinia …

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 …

[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 …

The Columbia supercontinent revisited

JG Meert, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Just over 15 years ago, a proposal forwarded by Rogers and Santosh (2002) posited the
existence of a pre-Rodinia supercontinent which they called Columbia. The conjecture …

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 …

Mesoproterozoic paleogeography: Supercontinent and beyond

SA Pisarevsky, SÅ Elming, LJ Pesonen, ZX Li - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
A set of global paleogeographic reconstructions for the 1770–1270 Ma time interval is
presented here through a compilation of reliable paleomagnetic data (at the 2009 Nordic …

Assembly and breakup of the core of Paleoproterozoic–Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Nuna

DAD Evans, RN Mitchell - Geology, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Idealized conceptual models of supercontinent cyclicity must be tested against the geologic
record using pre-Pangean reconstructions. We integrate tectonostratigraphic records and …

Large igneous provinces (LIPs), giant dyke swarms, and mantle plumes: significance for breakup events within Canada and adjacent regions from 2.5 Ga to the …

R Ernst, W Bleeker - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2010 - cdnsciencepub.com
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are high volume, short duration pulses of intraplate
magmatism consisting mainly of flood basalts and their associated plumbing system, but …

Reconstructing pre-Pangean supercontinents

DAD Evans - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Twenty-five years ago, initial plans for reconstructing the Rodinia supercontinent were being
drafted, based on the growing recognition of correlatable mid-Neoproterozoic (0.8–0.7 Ga) …

Assembly of the Siberian Craton: constraints from Paleoproterozoic granitoids

TV Donskaya - Precambrian Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper presents a synthesis of geochronological, geochemical, and isotopic data on
Paleoproterozoic granitoids in the Siberian craton and, in some cases, on volcanics related …