Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic

AS Merdith, AS Collins, SE Williams, S Pisarevsky… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic tectonic geography was dominated by the formation of the supercontinent
Rodinia, its break-up and the subsequent amalgamation of Gondwana. The Neoproterozoic …

The formation of Pangea

GM Stampfli, C Hochard, C Vérard, C Wilhem - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The making of Pangea is the result of large-scale amalgamation of continents and micro-
continents, which started at the end of the Neoproterozoic with the formation of Gondwana …

The Columbia supercontinent revisited

JG Meert, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Just over 15 years ago, a proposal forwarded by Rogers and Santosh (2002) posited the
existence of a pre-Rodinia supercontinent which they called Columbia. The conjecture …

A review of Wilson Cycle plate margins: A role for mantle plumes in continental break-up along sutures?

SJH Buiter, TH Torsvik - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Precambrian crustal evolution of Peninsular India: a 3.0 billion year odyssey

JG Meert, MK Pandit, VR Pradhan, J Banks… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Precambrian geologic history of Peninsular India covers nearly 3.0 billion years of time.
India is presently attached to the Eurasian continent although it remains (for now) a separate …

Multi-proxy evidence for subduction of the Neoproterozoic Adamastor Ocean and Wilson cycle tectonics in the South Atlantic Brasiliano Orogenic System of Western …

FA Caxito, LA Hartmann, M Heilbron… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Field, petrographic, geophysical, geochronological, elemental and isotopic data
support the identification of distinct components of a Wilson cycle (rift-drift-subduction …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporaneous assembly of Western Gondwana and final Rodinia break-up: implications for the supercontinent cycle

S Oriolo, P Oyhantçabal, K Wemmer… - Geoscience Frontiers, 2017 - Elsevier
Geological, geochronological and isotopic data are integrated in order to present a revised
model for the Neoproterozoic evolution of Western Gondwana. Although the classical …

The Rio de la Plata craton and the adjoining Pan-African/brasiliano terranes: their origins and incorporation into south-west Gondwana

CW Rapela, CM Fanning, C Casquet, RJ Pankhurst… - Gondwana …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian amalgamation of SW Gondwana through the
Brasiliano/Pan-African orogeny is reviewed with emphasis on the role of the Río de la Plata …