Snowballs in Africa: sectioning a long-lived Neoproterozoic carbonate platform and its bathyal foreslope (NW Namibia)

PF Hoffman, GP Halverson, DP Schrag, JA Higgins… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Otavi Group is a 1.5–3.5-km-thick epicontinental marine carbonate succession of
Neoproterozoic age, exposed in an 800-km-long Ediacaran− Cambrian fold belt that rims …

[HTML][HTML] Adamastor–an ocean that never existed?

J Konopásek, C Cavalcante, H Fossen… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Existing models of tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic orogenic system rimming the
shores of the South Atlantic Ocean (the Araçuaí–Ribeira–Congo and Dom Feliciano–Kaoko …

New geochronologic and paleomagnetic results from early Neoproterozoic mafic sills and late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic successions in the eastern …

H Zhao, S Zhang, J Ding, L Chang, Q Ren, H Li… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The interval from the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic is generally considered
as a critical time for the amalgamation of Rodinia. The location of the North China Craton …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the intraplate mafic magmatic record of the greater Congo craton

C Djeutchou, M de Kock, RE Ernst, FGO Ossa… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the last few decades, the interest in studying intraplate mafic events has increased
dramatically, mostly towards the events of Large Igneous Province (LIP) scale. These events …

Coupled supercontinent–mantle plume events evidenced by oceanic plume record

LS Doucet, ZX Li, RE Ernst, U Kirscher… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The most dominant features in the present-day lower mantle are the two antipodal African
and Pacific large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs). How and when these two …

Revisiting the Precambrian evolution of the Southwestern Tarim terrane: Implications for its role in Precambrian supercontinents

CL Zhang, XT Ye, RE Ernst, Y Zhong, J Zhang… - Precambrian …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Tarim block in NW China consists of a Precambrian basement and late Neoproterozoic
to Paleozoic cover sequences. In order to better understand its roles in Precambrian …

[HTML][HTML] Recording the largest gabbro-anorthositic complex worldwide: The Kunene Complex (KC), SW Angola

C Rey-Moral, T Mochales, EM Martínez, JLG Lobón… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kunene Complex (KC) represents a large Mesoproterozoic igneous body,
mainly composed of anorthosites and gabbroic rocks that extends from SW Angola to NW …

New paleomagnetic results from the upper part of the **geryu Formation in the North China craton and their tectonostratigraphic and paleogeographic implications

H Zhao, S Zhang, S Li, J Ding, H Li, T Yang, H Wu - Precambrian Research, 2025 - Elsevier
The paleogeographic positions of the North China craton (NCC) during the late
Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic are important to understand the supercontinent …

Geochemical characterization of a reconstructed 1110 Ma large igneous province

BR Choudhary, RE Ernst, YG Xu, DAD Evans… - Precambrian …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract 1110 Ma Large Igneous Province (LIP) fragments in the Kalahari craton, southern
Africa (Umkondo LIP); Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica; Bundelkhand portion of Indian …