The continental crust is unique to the Earth in the solar system, and controversies remain
regarding its origin, accretion and reworking of continents. The plate tectonics theory has …

Prior to participating in Rodinia, the East European Craton (Baltica) had undergone a
complex process of development. Many of the structures, which were important during the …

U–Pb dating and Hf-isotope data from detrital zircons have been used to analyse the crustal
evolution of the eastern and western parts of the Cathaysia Block in SE China. Zircons from …

To this day, there is a great amount of controversy about where, when and how the so-called
supercontinents--Pangea, Godwana, Rodinia, and Columbia--were made and broken …

Assembly of the supercontinent Columbia at about 1.85–1.90 Ga coincided with several
events that affected the entire earth. The oldest worldwide network of orogenic belts formed …

Publisher Summary The wealth of new data from the Fennoscandian Shield allows an
attempt of a new comprehensive tectonic model for the Paleoproterozoic evolution of the …

Ion-microprobe U–Pb analyses of 589 detrital zircon grains from 14 sandstones of the Alborz
mountains, Zagros mountains, and central Iranian plateau provide an initial framework for …

Possible large-scale geological correlation between Baltica (East European Craton) and
Amazonia (central South America) is discussed using compilations of recent data and …

Baltica, in the core of the supercontinent Nuna, comprises Fennoscandia, Sarmatia and
Volgo-Uralia. We develop a tectonic model of Paleoproterozoic Fennoscandia based on …

A comparative study of the central and southern parts of the Palaeoproterozoic
Svecofennian orogen in the Baltic/Fennoscandian Shield and the platform area to the east …