Antarctica—before and after Gondwana

SD Boger - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The origin of the Antarctic continent can be traced to a relatively small late Archaean cratonic
nucleus centred on the Terre Adélie regions of East Antarctica and the Gawler Craton region …

A review of the Famatinian Ordovician magmatism in southern South America: evidence of lithosphere reworking and continental subduction in the early proto-Andean …

CW Rapela, RJ Pankhurst, C Casquet… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana, from Venezuela to northeastern Patagonia, the
Early–Middle Ordovician Famatinian orogeny was the first orogenic event following …

A plate tectonic scenario for the Iapetus and Rheic oceans

M Domeier - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The tectonics, dynamics, and biogeographic landscape of the early Paleozoic were
dominated by the opening and expansion of one large ocean—the Rheic—and the …

Reworking subducted sediments in arc magmas and the isotopic diversity of the continental crust: The case of the Ordovician Famatinian crustal section, Argentina

J Cornet, O Laurent, JF Wotzlaw, MA Antonelli… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the onset of plate tectonics, continents have evolved through a balance between
crustal growth, reworking, and recycling at convergent plate margins. The term “reworking” …

Identifying Laurentian and SW Gondwana sources in the Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Sierras Pampeanas: Paleogeographic and …

CW Rapela, SO Verdecchia, C Casquet… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
The provenance of Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the Sierras
Pampeanas has been established using U–Pb SHRIMP age determination of detrital zircons …

A review of Devonian–Carboniferous magmatism in the central region of Argentina, pre-Andean margin of SW Gondwana

JA Dahlquist, MMM Cámera, PH Alasino… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
We review a widespread project database for Devonian–Carboniferous magmatism in the
Sierras Pampeanas and Frontal Cordillera between 27° and 35° S, including petrological …

Pampia: a large cratonic block missing in the Rodinia supercontinent

VA Ramos, G Vujovich, R Martino, J Otamendi - Journal of Geodynamics, 2010 - Elsevier
The large cratonic block of Pampia, at present in southern South America, is commonly
missing in recent comprehensive reconstructions of Rodinia. This block was the conjugate …

The geodynamic history of the Famatinian arc, Argentina: a record of exposed geology over the type section (latitudes 27°-33° south)

JE Otamendi, EA Cristofolini, A Morosini… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Famatinian arc, over central-western Argentina, is one of the few examples of exposed
crustal arc cross-section in the world. This Paleozoic magmatic arc and orogenic system on …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic accretionary orogens along the Western Gondwana margin

S Oriolo, B Schulz, S Geuna, PD González… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Early Paleozoic accretionary orogens dominated the Western Gondwana margin and were
characterized by nearly continuous subduction associated with crustal extension and back …

The Famatinian orogen along the protomargin of Western Gondwana: Evidence for a nearly continuous Ordovician magmatic arc between Venezuela and Argentina

VA Ramos - The evolution of the chilean-Argentinean andes, 2018 - Springer
The continental protomargin of Western Gondwana in South America records an important
Early-Middle Ordovician magmatic activity associated with the development of the …