Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia

PA Cawood, W Wang, T Zhao, Y Xu, JA Mulder… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Contrasting models for internal and external locations of South China within the Nuna and
Rodinia supercontinents can be resolved when the current lithotectonic associations of …

Global Meso-Neoproterozoic plate reconstruction and formation mechanism for Precambrian basins: Constraints from three cratons in China

S Li, X Li, G Wang, Y Liu, Z Wang, T Wang, X Cao… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Meso-Neoproterozoic period, sometimes referred to as the 'boring billion'or
'Earth's middle age', spans the interval between the formation of the Columbia and Rodina …

Paleomagnetic constraints on the duration of the Australia-Laurentia connection in the core of the Nuna supercontinent

U Kirscher, RN Mitchell, Y Liu, AR Nordsvan… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Australia-Laurentia connection in the Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic
supercontinent Nuna is thought to have initiated by ca. 1.6 Ga when both continents were …

Geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains, from ancient craton to recent enigma

JW Goodge - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) are one of Earth's great mountain belts and
are a fundamental physiographic feature of Antarctica. They are continental-scale, traverse a …

Australia and nuna

PG Betts, RJ Armit, J Stewart, ARA Aitken, L Ailleres… - 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Australian continent records c. 1860–1800 Ma orogenesis associated with rapid
accretion of several ribbon micro-continents along the southern and eastern margins of the …

The rise and fall of stromatolites in shallow marine environments

SE Peters, JM Husson, J Wilcots - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Stromatolites are abundant in shallow marine sediments deposited before the evolution of
animals, but in the modern ocean they are restricted to locations where the activity of …

Laurentian crust in northeast Australia: Implications for the assembly of the supercontinent Nuna

AR Nordsvan, WJ Collins, ZX Li, CJ Spencer… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Georgetown Inlier of northeast Australia provides evidence of critical links
between Australia and Laurentia during the late Paleoproterozoic and the early …

1.6 Ga crustal thickening along the final Nuna suture

A Pourteau, MA Smit, ZX Li, WJ Collins… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The precise timing and nature of the final assembly of the supercontinent Nuna, marked by
the collision of proto-Australia and Laurentia (North America) between 1.65 and 1.50 Ga …

Neoproterozoic low-T/P metamorphism in the Yangtze Block manifests a long-lived subduction girdle around Rodinia

JY Li, XL Wang, PA Cawood, ZD Gu, Y Guan - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Identifying long-lived subduction at the periphery of supercontinents provides insights into
the processes of block assembly and dispersal within the supercontinent cycle. The Yangtze …

Proterozoic crustal evolution of central East Antarctica: Age and isotopic evidence from glacial igneous clasts, and links with Australia and Laurentia

JW Goodge, CM Fanning, CM Fisher, JD Vervoort - Precambrian Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Rock clasts entrained in glacial deposits sourced from the continental interior of Antarctica
provide an innovative means to determine the age and composition of ice-covered crust …