Secular evolution of continents and the Earth system

PA Cawood, P Chowdhury, JA Mulder… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding of secular evolution of the Earth system is based largely on the rock and
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …

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 …

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 …

Impact of air, laser pulse width and fluence on U–Pb dating of zircons by LA-ICPMS

JM Thompson, S Meffre… - Journal of Analytical Atomic …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The accuracy of zircon U–Pb dating by LA-ICPMS is limited by matrix effects related to
differences in U–Pb fractionation between an unknown and the calibration standard. Zircon …

U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry from NE Vietnam: A 'tectonically disputed'territory between the Indochina and South China blocks

JA Halpin, HT Tran, CK Lai, S Meffre, AJ Crawford… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Volcanoplutonic complexes in NE Vietnam have recently been interpreted as intraplate
products of the Emeishan plume. Alternatively, mafic–ultramafic rocks have been considered …

[HTML][HTML] Complex REE systematics of carbonatites and weathering products from uniquely rich Mount Weld REE deposit, Western Australia

IA Zhukova, AS Stepanov, SY Jiang, D Murphy… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbonatite intrusive complexes are important hosts for Rare Earth Elements (REE) deposits
and are commonly affected by surficial weathering processes. Mount Weld REE deposit of …

Proterozoic tectonics of Hainan Island in supercontinent cycles: New insights from geochronological and isotopic results

W Yao, ZX Li, WX Li, XH Li - Precambrian Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Hainan Island in southwestern south China has 1.43 Ga crystalline rocks as part of the
Proterozoic basement rocks for the Cathaysia Block. Understanding Proterozoic tectonics of …

Evolution of the East Gondwana convergent margin in Antarctica, southern Australia and New Zealand from the Neoproterozoic to latest Devonian

RA Glen, RA Cooper - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
New insights into the Late Precambrian-latest Devonian evolution of the Pacific margin of
Gondwana are obtained by treating the margin in terms of three key tectonic elements: i) the …

Experimental Replacement of Zircon by Melt‐Mediated Coupled Dissolution‐Precipitation Causes Dispersion in U–Pb Ages

JL Asimus, NR Daczko, JA Gazi, IS Ezad… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Zircon geochronology provides critical information on the rates and durations of geological
processes and enables researchers to explore deep time. However, some zircon datasets …

The Mesoproterozoic Baoban complex, South China: A missing fragment of western Laurentian lithosphere

YJ Xu, PA Cawood, HC Zhang, JW Zi, JB Zhou… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New age data for the Baoban Complex, South China establishes that it lay outboard of
western Laurentia in the early Mesoproterozoic but was not part of the Cathaysia Block, with …