Provenance and Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Ganderia and its relationships with Avalonia and Megumia in the Appalachian-Caledonide orogen

CR van Staal, SM Barr, JWF Waldron, DI Schofield… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract West and East Ganderia in the northern Appalachians and Caledonides,
respectively, represent a Gondwanan superterrane situated along the Tornquist margin of …

[HTML][HTML] Terrane history of the Iapetus Ocean as preserved in the northern Appalachians and western Caledonides

JWF Waldron, PJA McCausland, SM Barr… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Iapetus Ocean was the first ancient ocean to be identified following the
development of plate tectonics; its history has been fundamental in relating orogenesis and …

From a bipartite Gondwanan shelf to an arcuate Variscan belt: the early Paleozoic evolution of northern Peri-Gondwana

T Stephan, UWE Kroner, RL Romer, D Rösel - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Paleozoic Variscan Orogen of Europe and North Africa comprises
reworked Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic crust of the northern Gondwanan shelf that …

Late Paleozoic strike‐slip faults in Maritime Canada and their role in the reconfiguration of the northern Appalachian orogen

JWF Waldron, SM Barr, AF Park, CE White… - Tectonics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Major late Paleozoic faults, many with documented strike‐slip motion, have dissected the
Ordovician‐Devonian Appalachian orogen in the Maritime Provinces of Atlantic Canada …

Speculations on the Paleozoic legacy of Gondwana amalgamation

JB Murphy, RD Nance, ST Johnston, JM Casas… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using Gondwana as an example, we show how the geological record can be interrogated to
detect significant changes in mantle convection patterns at critical junctures in Earth's …

The provenance of Avalonia and its tectonic implications: a critical reappraisal

JB Murphy, RD Nance, L Wu - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian interval is characterized by global-scale
orogenesis, rapid continental growth and profound changes in Earth systems. Orogenic …

A new reconstruction of Phanerozoic Earth evolution: Toward a big-data approach to global paleogeography

L Wu, S Pisarevsky, ZX Li, JB Murphy, Y Liu - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
Reliable reconstruction of global paleogeography through deep geologic time provides a
key surface boundary condition for investigating many first-order Earth system and …

Long-lived association between Avalonia and the Meguma terrane deduced from zircon geochronology of metasedimentary granulites

JG Shellnutt, JV Owen, MW Yeh, J Dostal… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Acadian Orogeny of the Northern Appalachians was caused by accretion of the
peri-Gondwanan terranes Avalonia and Meguma to the eastern margin of Laurentia during …

[HTML][HTML] The tectonic significance of peri-Gondwanan Late Neoproterozoic-Early Palaeozoic felsic peraluminous magmatism

M García-Arias, MM Camera, JA Dahlquist, P Gao… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
We provide a thorough review of the literature on peraluminous magmatism of Late
Neoproterozoic and Early Palaeozoic (mostly Late Cambrian-Middle Ordovician) age …

Interactions between axial and transverse drainage systems in the Late Cretaceous Cordilleran foreland basin: evidence from detrital zircons in the Straight Cliffs …

TS Szwarc, CL Johnson, LE Stright… - GSA …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New detrital zircon geochronologic data from the Straight Cliffs Formation of southern Utah
provide insight into the controls on stratigraphic architecture of the Western Interior Basin …