An atlas of Phanerozoic paleogeographic maps: the seas come in and the seas go out

CR Scotese - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Paleogeography is the study of the changing surface of Earth through time. Driven by plate
tectonics, the configuration of the continents and ocean basins has been in constant flux …

Central China orogenic belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, J Zhao, J Sun, D He… - Gondwana …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

[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 …

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 …

Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

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 …

Tectonic architecture and multiple orogeny of the Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China

Y Dong, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt (QOB) is located between the North China and South
China Blocks, and has been considered to have formed by the collision between these …

[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 …

Neoproterozoic magmatism in the western and northern margins of the Yangtze Block (South China) controlled by slab subduction and subduction-transform-edge …

JH Zhao, QW Li, H Liu, W Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consists of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks that were
welded together along the Jiangnan Fold Belt in the Neoproterozoic. The Neoproterozoic …

The supercontinent cycle: a retrospective essay

RD Nance, JB Murphy, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The recognition that Earth history has been punctuated by supercontinents, the assembly
and breakup of which have profoundly influenced the evolution of the geosphere …