West Antarctica has formed the tectonically active margin between East Antarctica and the
Pacific Ocean for almost half a billion years, where it has recorded a dynamic history of …

During evolution of the South Sandwich subduction zone, which has consumed South
American Plate oceanic lithosphere, somehow continental crust of both the South American …

Abstract After its Ediacaran-Early Cambrian assembly, Gondwana was flanked by a system
of peripheral orogens, Terra Australis, Avalonian-Cadomian and newly defined North Indo …

Abstract Early to Middle Miocene sea-level oscillations of approximately 40–60 m estimated
from far-field records,–are interpreted to reflect the loss of virtually all East Antarctic ice …

Abstract Otavi Group is a 1.5–3.5-km-thick epicontinental marine carbonate succession of
Neoproterozoic age, exposed in an 800-km-long Ediacaran− Cambrian fold belt that rims …

The Cambrian explosion, one of the most consequential biological revolutions in Earth
history, occurred in two phases separated by the Sinsk event, the first major extinction of the …

Supercontinent amalgamation is described by the end-member kinematic processes of
introversion–closure of interior oceans; extroversion–closure of exterior oceans; or …

Geothermal heat flow (GHF) is an elusive physical property, yet it can reveal past and
present plate tectonic processes. In Antarctica, GHF has further consequences in predicting …

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 …

Our current understanding of the Ellsworth Mountains stratigraphy suggests the oldest
sedimentary sequence (Heritage Group) was deposited in a Cambrian rift setting. This early …