The history of the South China Craton and the constituent Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks are
directly linked to Earth's Phanerozoic and Precambrian record of supercontinent assembly …

The extension of the lithosphere, controlling the development of rifted basins, is driven by a
combination of plate-boundary forces, frictional forces exerted on the base of the lithosphere …

A set of global paleogeographic reconstructions for the 1770–1270 Ma time interval is
presented here through a compilation of reliable paleomagnetic data (at the 2009 Nordic …

Thirteen time interval maps were constructed, which depict the Triassic to Neogene plate
tectonic configuration, paleogeography and general lithofacies of the southern margin of …

A comparison of fluvial terrace sequences from around the world, based on data collected
as part of International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project No. 449, has revealed …

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are high volume, short duration pulses of intraplate
magmatism consisting mainly of flood basalts and their associated plumbing system, but …

The old terrane of Baltica occupies the mass of northern Europe eastwards to the Urals and
lies mostly to the north of the Trans-European Suture Zone. The core, the East European …

To this day, there is a great amount of controversy about where, when and how the so-called
supercontinents--Pangea, Godwana, Rodinia, and Columbia--were made and broken …

The Black Sea region comprises Gondwana-derived continental blocks and oceanic
subduction complexes accreted to Laurasia. The core of Laurasia is made up of an …

Abstract The Wilson Cycle theory that oceans close and reopen along the former suture is a
fundamental concept in plate tectonics. It was named after J. Tuzo Wilson who recognised …