Closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and Early Paleozoic amalgamation of microcontinental blocks in East Asia

S Li, S Zhao, X Liu, H Cao, S Yu, X Li, I Somerville… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
As a complex paleo-ocean located between the Tarim-North China and the
Sibumasu/Baoshan blocks, the Proto-Tethys Ocean was opened from the rifting of the …

Nature and assembly of microcontinental blocks within the Paleo-Asian Ocean

JB Zhou, SA Wilde, GC Zhao, J Han - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The microcontinental blocks in the CAOB include the combined NE China blocks
(comprising the Erguna, ** up: A global synthesis with new paleomagnetic results from North China
S Zhang, ZX Li, DAD Evans, H Wu, H Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The existence of a pre-Rodinia Precambrian supercontinent, variously called Nuna or
Columbia, has been widely speculated in the past decade, but the precise timing of its …

The Neoproterozoic oxygenation event: Environmental perturbations and biogeochemical cycling

LM Och, GA Shields-Zhou - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The oxygen content of the Earth's surface environment is thought to have increased in two
broad steps: the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) around the Archean–Proterozoic boundary …